2017-2018 Bill H. 3720, Appropriations Bill Part IB, FY 2017-2018 - As Passed by the House

1 PART IB 2 3 OPERATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT

4 5 SECTION 1 - H630 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6 7 1.1. (SDE: Appropriation Transfer Prohibition) The amounts appropriated herein for aid to subdivisions, 8 allocations to school districts, or special line items shall not be transferred and must be expended in 9 accordance with the intent of the appropriation, except that the department may transfer funds that are 10 deducted and retained from a school district’s transportation allocation to reimburse the department for the 11 cost of unauthorized mileage. This transfer must be agreed upon by both the school district and the 12 department. Those funds may be transferred into the department’s school bus transportation operating 13 account. 14 1.2. (SDE: DHEC - Comprehensive Health Assessment) All school districts shall participate, to the 15 fullest extent possible, in the Medicaid program by seeking appropriate reimbursement for services and 16 administration of health and social services. Reimbursements to the school districts shall not be used to 17 supplant funds currently being spent on health and social services. 18 1.3. (SDE: EFA Formula/Base Student Cost Inflation Factor) To the extent possible within available 19 funds, it is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for one hundred percent of full implementation of 20 the Education Finance Act to include an inflation factor projected by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office 21 to match inflation wages of public school employees in the Southeast. The base student cost for the current 22 fiscal year has been determined to be $2,350 $2,400. For the current fiscal year, the total pupil count is 23 projected to be 723,953 721,401. The average per pupil funding is projected to be $5,827 $6,096 state, 24 $1,245 $1,294 federal, and $5,542 $5,726 local. This is an average total funding level of $14,210 $13,116 25 excluding revenues of local bond issues. For the current fiscal year the South Carolina Public Charter 26 School District and any institution of higher education sponsoring a public charter school shall receive and 27 distribute state EFA funds to the charter school as determined by one hundred percent of the current year’s 28 base student cost, as funded by the General Assembly multiplied by the weighted students pupils enrolled in 29 the charter school, which must be subject to adjustment for student attendance. 30 The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, must post in a prominent place on their website for each school 31 district projections, including the per pupil state, federal and local revenues, excluding revenues of local 32 bond 33 issues, for the current fiscal year. Also, as soon as practicable, upon determining the exact numbers 34 regarding pupil count and funding, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, shall also post on their website the 35 one hundred thirty-five day average daily membership for each school district and per pupil state, federal and 36 local revenues, excluding revenues of local bond issues, based on the most recent audited financial statement 37 as reported annually pursuant to Section 5917-100. The Department of Education and the Education 38 Oversight Committee shall provide in a prominent place on their internet websites a link to the information 39 posted by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, including the projected numbers and the exact numbers. 40 For the current fiscal year, the pupil classification weightings are as follows: 41 (1) K-12 pupils or base students including homebound students 1.00 42 Students served in licensed residential treatment facilities (RTFs) for children and adolescents as 43 defined under Section 44-7-130 of the 1976 Code shall receive a weighting of 2.10. 44 (2) Weights for students with disabilities as prescribed in Section 59-20-40(1)(c) Special Programs 45 (3) Precareer and Career Technology 1.29 46 (4) Additional weights for personalized instruction: 47 (A) Gifted and Talented 0.15 48 (B) Academic Assistance 0.15 49 (C) Limited English Proficiency 0.20 50 (D) Pupils in Poverty 0.20 51 (E) Dual Credit Enrollment 0.15 52 No local match is required for the additional weightings for personalized instruction in the current school 53 year 2016-17. Charter school per pupil calculations for locally sponsored charters will continue to be 54 calculated according to Section 59-40-140 of the 1976 Code. Students may receive multiple weights for PAGE 2 1 personalized instruction; however, within each weight, students should only be counted once. These weights 2 are defined below: 3 Gifted and talented students are students who are classified as academically or artistically gifted and 4 talented or who are enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in 5 high school. Districts shall set-aside twelve percent of the funds for serving artistically gifted and talented 6 students in grades three through twelve. 7 Students in need of academic assistance are students who do not meet state standards in mathematics, 8 English language arts, or both on state approved assessments in grades three through eight and high school 9 assessments for grades nine through twelve. The additional weight generates funds needed to provide 10 additional instructional services to these students. 11 Students with limited English proficiency are students who require intensive English language instruction 12 programs and whose families require specialized parental involvement intervention. 13 Students identified for dual credit enrollment must be identified in PowerSchool as taking a course that 14 will lead to both high school credit and post-secondary credit. Districts must assist students in accessing 15 Lottery Tuition Assistance when applicable. 16 For the current school year, the Department of Education will continue to use counts from the prior school 17 year to determine poverty funding for the add-on weighting. The Department of Education will continue to 18 work with school districts to determine students eligible for the poverty add-on using the data elements used 19 to determine USDA community eligibility to be used in future years. 20 Further, the Department of Education may use school district student counts for personalized instruction as 21 collected in the same manner as the prior fiscal year, PowerSchool or other available existing data sources as 22 determined by the department to calculate the school district add on weightings for the personalized 23 instruction classifications and the determination of the school districts monetary entitlement. End of year 24 adjustments shall be based on the one hundred thirty-five day student average daily membership for all 25 classifications. During the current fiscal year the department will update PowerSchool calculations, reports, 26 screen development, documentation, and training to incorporate the new pupil classification weightings and 27 to make final district allocation adjustments by June 30, 2017. The department must provide districts with 28 technical assistance with regard to student count changes in PowerSchool. 29 1.4. (SDE: EFA - Formula) The amount appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 for “Education Finance Act” 30 shall be the maximum paid under the provisions of Act 163 of 1977 (the South Carolina Education Finance 31 Act of 1977) to the aggregate of all recipients. The South Carolina Education Department shall develop 32 formulas to determine the state and required local funding as stipulated in the South Carolina Education 33 Finance Act of 1977. Such formulas shall require the approval of the State Board of Education and the State 34 Fiscal Accountability Authority. After computing the EFA allocations for all districts, the department shall 35 determine whether any districts’ minimum required local revenue exceeds the districts’ total EFA 36 Foundation Program. When such instance is found, the department shall adjust the index of taxpaying ability 37 to reflect a local effort equal to the cost of the districts’ EFA Foundation Program. The districts’ weighted 38 pupil units are to be included in determination of the funds needed for implementation of the Education 39 Finance Act statewide. 40 In the event that the formulas as devised by the Department of Education and approved by the State Board 41 of Education and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority should provide for distribution to the various 42 school districts totaling more than the amount appropriated for such purposes, subject to the provisions of 43 this proviso, the Department of Education shall reduce each school district entitlement by an equal amount 44 per weighted pupil so as to bring the total disbursements into conformity with the total funds appropriated for 45 this purpose. If a reduction is required in the state’s contribution, the required local funding shall be reduced 46 by the proportionate share of local funds per weighted pupil unit. The Department of Education shall 47 continually monitor the distribution of funds under the provisions of the Education Finance Act and shall 48 make periodic adjustments to disbursements to ensure the aggregate of such disbursements do not exceed the 49 appropriated funds. 50 Local districts shall not be mandated or required to inflate the base number in their respective salary 51 schedules by any percentage greater than the percentage by which the appropriated base student cost exceeds 52 the appropriated base student cost of the prior fiscal year. 53 1.5. (SDE: Employer Contributions/Allocations) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the 54 appropriation contained herein for “Public School Employee Benefits” shall not be utilized to provide 55 employer contributions for any portion of a school district employee’s salary that is federally funded. PAGE 3 1 State funds allocated for school district employer contributions must be allocated by the formula and must 2 be used first by each district to cover the cost of fringe benefits for personnel required by the Defined 3 Program, food service personnel and other personnel required by law. Once a district has expended all state 4 allocated funds for fringe benefits, the district may utilize food service revenues to fund a proportionate share 5 of fringe benefits costs for food service personnel. 6 The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections’ school districts must be allocated 7 funds under the fringe benefits program in accordance with criteria established for all school districts. 8 1.6. (SDE: Employer Contributions/Obligations) In order to finalize each school district’s allocations of 9 Employer Contributions funds for retiree insurance from the prior fiscal year, the Department of Education is 10 authorized to adjust a school district’s allocation in the current fiscal year accordingly to reflect actual 11 payroll and payments to the Retirement System from the prior fiscal year. In the event the Department of 12 Education is notified that an educational subdivision has failed to remit proper payments to cover Employee 13 Fringe Benefit obligations, the Department of Education is directed to withhold the educational subdivision’s 14 state funds until such obligations are met. 15 1.7. (SDE: Governor’s School for Science & Math) Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the 16 prior fiscal year of funds appropriated to or generated by the Governor’s School for Science and 17 Mathematics may be carried forward and expended in the current fiscal year pursuant to the direction of the 18 board of trustees of the school. 19 1.8. (SDE: Educational Responsibility/Foster Care) The responsibility for providing a free and 20 appropriate public education program for all children including disabled students is vested in the public 21 school district wherein a child of lawful school age resides in a foster home, group home, orphanage, or a 22 state operated health care facility including a facility for treatment of mental illness or chemical dependence 23 and habilitation centers for persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with related conditions located 24 within the jurisdiction of the school district or alternative residences. The districts concerned may agree 25 upon acceptable local cost reimbursement. If no agreement is reached, districts providing education shall 26 receive from the district where the child last resided before placement in a facility an additional amount 27 equivalent to the statewide average of the local base student cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil 28 weighting as set forth in Section 59-20-40 of the Education Finance Act. If a child from out of state is 29 residing in a facility owned and/or operated by a for profit entity, the district providing educational services 30 shall be reimbursed by the for profit entity the local district’s local support per weighted pupil above the 31 statewide average base student cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting as set forth in Section 59- 32 20-40 of the Education Finance Act. This also applies to John de la Howe School who also has the authority 33 to seek reimbursement in any situation that the school district has participation in the placement of the 34 student. John de la Howe School shall be reimbursed the local district’s local support per weighted pupil 35 above the statewide average base student cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting as set forth in 36 Section 59-20-40 of the Education Finance Act. Participation will be evidenced by a written agreement from 37 the IEP team or 504 team, written referral, or the school district initiating the placement process. School 38 districts providing the education shall notify the nonresident district in writing within forty-five calendar 39 days that a student from the nonresident district is receiving education services pursuant to the provisions of 40 the proviso. The notice shall also contain the student’s name, date of birth, and disabling condition if 41 available. If appropriate financial arrangements cannot be effected between institutions of the state, 42 including independent school districts under the authority of the Department of Disabilities and Special 43 Needs, and school districts, institutions receiving educational appropriations shall pay the local base student 44 cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting. Children residing in institutions of state agencies shall be 45 educated with nondisabled children in the public school districts if appropriate to their educational needs. 46 Such institutions shall determine, on an individual basis, which children residing in the institution might be 47 eligible to receive appropriate educational services in a public school setting. Once these children are 48 identified, the institution shall convene an IEP meeting with officials of the public school district in which 49 the institution is located. If it is determined by the committee that the least restrictive environment in which 50 to implement the child’s IEP is a public school setting, then the school district in which the institution is 51 located must provide the educational services. However, that school district may enter into contractual 52 agreements with any other school district having schools located within a forty-five mile radius of the 53 institution. The cost for educating such children shall be allocated in the following manner: the school 54 district where the child last resided before being placed in an institution shall pay to the school district 55 providing the educational services an amount equivalent to the statewide average of the local base student 56 cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting as set forth in Section 5920-40 of the Education Finance PAGE 4 1 Act; the school district providing the educational services shall be able to count the child for all funding 2 sources, both state and federal. The institution and school district, through contractual agreements, will 3 address the special education and related services to be provided to students. Should the school district 4 wherein the institution is located determine that the child cannot be appropriately served in a public school 5 setting, then the institution may request a due process hearing pursuant to the procedures provided for in the 6 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 7 The agreed upon acceptable local cost reimbursement or the additional amount equivalent to the statewide 8 average of the local base student cost multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting set forth in Section 9 592040, for instructional services provided to out-of-district students, shall be paid within sixty days of 10 billing, provided the billing district has provided a copy of the invoice to both the Superintendent and the 11 finance office of the district being invoiced. Should the district not pay within sixty days, the billing district 12 can seek relief from the Department of Education. The department shall withhold EFA funding equal to the 13 billing from the district refusing to pay and submit the funding (equal to the invoice) to the billing school 14 district. 15 The agency placing a child in any situation that requires changing school districts, must work with the 16 schools to assure that all required school records, including confidential records, are transferred from the 17 sending to the receiving school within three working days. School records to be transferred should include 18 grade transcripts, state birth certificate, certificate of immunization, social security card, attendance records, 19 discipline records, IEP’s, psychological reports (or notation in the school records that a psychological report 20 on the child is available at the school district office) and any other records necessary for the appropriate 21 placement of the child in the new school. School districts must release all records upon presentation of a 22 court order or appropriate permission for confidential release. If evaluation or placement is pending, the 23 receiving school district is responsible to secure information and to complete the placement. The receiving 24 school will maintain appropriate confidentiality of all records received on a child. 25 1.9. (SDE: Instruction in Juvenile Detention Centers) It shall be the responsibility of the school district 26 where a local juvenile detention center is located to provide adequate teaching staff and to ensure compliance 27 with the educational requirements of this State. Students housed in local juvenile detention centers are to be 28 included in the average daily membership count of students for that district and reimbursement by the 29 Department of Education made accordingly. 30 1.10. (SDE: Revenue Authorization) The State Department of Education is hereby authorized to collect, 31 expend, and carry forward revenues in the following areas to offset the cost of providing such services: the 32 sale of publications, manuals and forms, the sale of Apple Tags, royalties, contributions, donations, 33 foundation funds, special grants and contracts, brochures, photo copies, listings and labels, Directory of 34 South Carolina Schools, student health record cards, items to be recycled, and high school diplomas and 35 certificates; the collection of out-of-state and in-state investigation fees, registration fees for nonSDE 36 employees, recurring facility inspection fees, teacher certification fees; the handling of audio-visual film; the 37 provision of contract computer services to school districts and other state agencies, joint broadcast service to 38 school districts, and education-related statistics through agreement with the National Center for Education 39 Statistics; the lease or sale of programs of television, audio or microcomputer software; the lease or sale of 40 virtual courses to other states; the collection of damage fees for instructional materials and the sale of 41 unusable instructional materials; sale of fuel; use and repair of transportation equipment; fees for Medicaid 42 reimbursable transportation; the receipt of insurance and warranty payments on Department of Education 43 equipment and the sale of used school buses and support equipment. The Department of Education is 44 authorized to collect revenue for deposit into the State General Fund for testing material purchases and test 45 rescoring fees. The Department of Education is authorized to expend revenue collected for lost and damaged 46 instructional materials and the sale of unusable instructional materials for the purpose of contracting for the 47 purchase and maintenance of a statewide textbook inventory management system, provided that schools’ 48 newly-adopted instructional materials needs are met first. 49 1.11. (SDE: School District Bank Accounts) Each school district in this State, upon the approval of the 50 district’s governing body, may maintain its own bank account for the purpose of making disbursement of 51 school district funds as necessary to conduct school district business and each county treasurer is hereby 52 authorized to transfer such amount as needed, upon receipt of a written order certified by the district 53 governing body or their designee. Such order shall contain a statement that such amount is for immediate 54 disbursement for the payment of correct and legal obligation of the school district. 55 1.12. (SDE: School Lunch Program Aid) The amount appropriated herein for School Lunch Program 56 Aid shall be divided among the District and/or County Boards of Education of the State upon the basis of the PAGE 5 1 number of schools participating in the School Lunch Program in each district during the prior school year. 2 The travel expenses of the District and/or County School Lunch Supervisor shall be paid from this 3 appropriation at the prevailing rate of mileage allowed by the State. These funds may be used as an aid in 4 improving the School Lunch Program. These funds may not be used to supplement the salaries of school 5 lunch supervisors. In the absence of a County Board of Education in multi-district counties, the funds will 6 be divided among the school districts of the county on the basis of the number of schools participating in the 7 School Lunch Program in each district during the prior school year. 8 1.13. (SDE: Travel/Outside of Continental U.S.) School District allocations from General Funds, 9 lottery, and EIA funds shall not be used for travel outside of the continental United States. The International 10 Baccalaureate Program shall be exempt from this restriction. 11 1.14. (SDE: Year End Closeout) The State Department of Education is authorized to expend federal and 12 earmarked funds (not including state or EIA funds) in the current fiscal year for expenditures incurred in the 13 prior year; however, state funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, X, Aid to School Districts, for the 14 Children’s Case Resolution System or private placements for services provided to children with disabilities 15 may be used for those expenditures in prior fiscal years. The department is also authorized to use 16 appropriated funds to pay for textbooks shipped in the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year. 17 1.15. (SDE: Transportation Collaboration) The Department of Education School Bus Maintenance 18 Shops shall be permitted, on a cost reimbursable-plus basis, to deliver transportation maintenance and 19 services to vehicles owned or operated by public agencies in South Carolina. 20 School buses operated by school districts, other governmental agencies or head start agencies for the 21 purpose of transporting students for school or school related activities shall not be subject to state motor fuel 22 taxes. Further, that school districts, other governmental agencies or head start agencies may purchase this 23 fuel, on a cost reimbursableplus basis, from the Department of Education School Bus Maintenance Shops. 24 1.16. (SDE: School Bus Insurance) The Department of Education shall maintain comprehensive and 25 collision insurance or self-insure state-owned buses. In no event shall the department charge local school 26 districts for damages to the buses which are commonly covered by insurance. 27 1.17. (SDE: Teacher Data Collection) Of the non-program funds appropriated to the Department of 28 Education, it and the Commission on Higher Education shall share data about the teaching profession in 29 South Carolina. The data sharing should ensure (1) a systematic report on teacher supply and demand 30 information and (2) data to determine classes being taught by public school teachers out of field of their 31 preparation. The data collection should include but not be limited to: classes/subjects taught, number of 32 students taught, percentage of teacher education graduates from South Carolina colleges/universities who go 33 into teaching, percentage of teacher education graduates who teach in public schools in South Carolina, 34 percentage of new teachers who leave the South Carolina teaching profession in the first three years of public 35 school teaching due to unsuccessful evaluations, percentage of new teachers who leave the profession in the 36 first three years of public school teaching in South Carolina who have successful evaluations, turnover rate 37 of teachers and certification areas with highest vacancies. All database items should be set up so that it can 38 be disaggregated by ethnicity, gender, geographic location, etc. 39 1.18. (SDE: School Bus Driver CDL) From funds provided in Part IA, Section 1, VII.B., local school 40 districts shall request a criminal record history from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for past 41 conviction of any crime before the initial employment of a school bus driver or school bus aide. The 42 Department of Education and the school districts shall be treated as a charitable organization for purposes of 43 the fee charged for the criminal records search. 44 1.19. (SDE: School Bus Purchase) Any procurement of school buses with funds appropriated in this act 45 or any other appropriation bill must meet specifications developed by the School Bus Specification 46 Committee as established by the State Superintendent of Education. The School Bus Specifications 47 Committee shall allow for input from all school bus chassis and body manufacturers. However, if it is safe, 48 more economical, and in the public interest, the department may use the school bus specifications of another 49 state in the procurement of school buses. If the department uses the specifications of another state, the 50 department must submit a report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the 51 House Ways and Means Committee detailing the methodology by which the alternative specifications were 52 determined to be safe, more economical, and in the public interest, when compared to the specifications set 53 forth by the School Bus Specifications Committee. 54 1.20. (SDE: Buses, Parts, and/or Fuel) Funds appropriated for other operating in program VII.B. - Bus 55 Shops and funds appropriated in VII.C. - Buses may be used to purchase buses, fuel, parts, or other school 56 bus related items. All funds appropriated for bus fuel, parts/supplies, maintenance, and bus purchases may PAGE 6 1 be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and expended in the current fiscal year to support bus 2 transportation services. 3 1.21. (SDE: Mitford Transportation Costs) Transportation costs for the transporting of students from the 4 Mitford area of Fairfield County to schools in the Great Falls area of Chester County is not the responsibility 5 of and shall not be borne by the Chester County School District. These transportation costs shall continue to 6 be the responsibility of the State Department of Education. 7 1.22. (SDE: Status Offenders/John de la Howe) The funds appropriated for the Status Offender Program 8 shall be distributed to John de la Howe School to expand residential programs to include court ordered status 9 offenders. Components of such a program shall include collaboration between the home school district and 10 the residential school and treatment or related services to the families of students in placement. 11 1.23. (SDE: Governor’s School Leave Policy) The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and 12 Humanities and the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics are authorized to 13 promulgate administrative policy governing annual and sick leave relative to faculty and staff with the 14 approval of their respective board of directors. This policy shall address their respective school calendars in 15 order to comply with the instructional needs of students attending both special schools. 16 1.24. (SDE: School Board Meetings) Of the funds appropriated through the Department of Education 17 for technology related expenses, school districts that have a website shall place a notice of a regularly 18 scheduled school board meeting twenty-four hours in advance of such meeting. The notice shall include the 19 date, time, and agenda for the board meeting. The school district shall place the minutes of the board 20 meeting on their website within ten days of the next regularly scheduled board meeting. 21 1.25. (SDE: Proviso Allocations) In the event an official General Fund revenue shortfall is declared by 22 the Board of Economic Advisors, the Department of Education may reduce any allocation in Section 1 23 specifically designated by proviso in accordance with the lower Board of Economic Advisors revenue 24 estimate as directed by the Executive Budget Office, except the additional EFA allocation to the South 25 Carolina Public Charter School District. The reduction may not be greater than the total percentage of 26 reduction of the Section 1 appropriation. Should the department hold back funds in excess of the total 27 percentage reduction those funds must be allocated per the proviso. No allocation for teacher salaries shall 28 be reduced as a result of this proviso. 29 1.26. (SDE: School Districts and Special Schools Flexibility) All school districts and special schools of 30 this State may transfer and expend funds among appropriated state general fund revenues, Education 31 Improvement Act funds, Education Lottery Act funds, and funds received from the Children’s Education 32 Endowment Fund for school facilities and fixed equipment assistance, to ensure the delivery of academic and 33 arts instruction to students. However, a school district may not transfer funds allocated specifically for state 34 level maintenance of effort requirements under IDEA, funds allocated specifically for state level 35 maintenance of effort requirement for federal program, funds provided for the Education and Economic 36 Development Act, funds provided for Career and Technology Education, nor required for debt service or 37 bonded indebtedness. All school districts and special schools of this State may suspend professional staffing 38 ratios and expenditure regulations and guidelines at the sub-function and service area level, except for four- 39 year old programs and programs serving students with disabilities who have Individualized Education 40 Programs. 41 In order for a school district to take advantage of the flexibility provisions, at least seventy-five percent of 42 the school district’s per pupil expenditures must be utilized within the In$ite categories of instruction, 43 instructional support, and only transportation, food service, and safety within non-instruction pupil services. 44 No portion of the seventy-five percent may be used for facilities, business services, debt service, capital 45 outlay, program management, and leadership services, as defined by In$ite. The school district shall report 46 to the Department of Education the actual percentage of its per pupil expenditures used for classroom 47 instruction, instructional support, and transportation, food service, and safety within non-instruction pupil 48 services for the current school year ending June thirtieth. Salaries of on-site principals must be included in 49 the calculation of the district’s per pupil expenditures. 50 “In$ite” means the financial analysis model for education programs utilized by the Department of 51 Education. 52 School districts are encouraged to reduce expenditures by means, including, but not limited to, limiting the 53 number of low enrollment courses, reducing travel for the staff and the school district’s board, reducing and 54 limiting activities requiring dues and memberships, reducing transportation costs for extracurricular and 55 academic competitions, restructuring administrative staffing, and expanding virtual instruction. PAGE 7 1 School districts and special schools may carry forward unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into 2 the current fiscal year. 3 Prior to implementing the flexibility authorized herein, school districts must provide to Public Charter 4 Schools the per pupil allocation due to them for each categorical program. 5 Quarterly throughout the current fiscal year, the chairman of each school district’s board and the 6 superintendent of each school district must certify where non-instructional or nonessential programs have 7 been suspended and the specific flexibility actions taken. The certification must be in writing, signed by the 8 chairman and the superintendent, delivered electronically to the State Superintendent of Education, and an 9 electronic copy forwarded to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate 10 Education Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the 11 House Education and Public Works Committee. Additionally, the certification must be presented publicly at 12 a regularly called school board meeting, and the certification must be conspicuously posted on the internet 13 website maintained by the school district. 14 For the current fiscal year, Section 59-21-1030 is suspended. Formative assessments for grades one, two, 15 and nine, the The foreign language program assessment, and the physical education assessment must be 16 suspended. School districts and the Department of Education are granted permission to purchase the most 17 economical type of bus fuel. 18 For the current fiscal year, savings generated from the suspension of the assessments enumerated above 19 must be allocated to school districts based on weighted pupil units. 20 School districts must maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended 21 over one hundred dollars, from whatever source, for whatever purpose. The register must be prominently 22 posted on the district’s internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. The 23 register must include for each expenditure: 24 (i) the transaction amount; 25 (ii) the name of the payee; and 26 (iii) a statement providing a detailed description of the expenditure. 27 The register must not include an entry for salary, wages, or other compensation paid to individual 28 employees. The register must not include any information that can be used to identify an individual 29 employee. The register must be accompanied by a complete explanation of any codes or acronyms used to 30 identify a payee or an expenditure. The register must be searchable and updated at least once a month. 31 Each school district must also maintain on its internet website a copy of each monthly statement for all of 32 the credit cards maintained by the entity, including credit cards issued to its officers or employees for official 33 use. The credit card number on each statement must be redacted prior to posting on the internet website. 34 Each credit card statement must be posted not later than the thirtieth day after the first date that any portion 35 of the balance due as shown on the statement is paid. 36 The Comptroller General must establish and maintain a website to contain the information required by this 37 section from a school district that does not maintain its own internet website. The internet website must be 38 organized so that the public can differentiate between the school districts and search for the information they 39 are seeking. 40 School districts that do not maintain an internet website must transmit all information required by this 41 provision to the Comptroller General in a manner and at a time determined by the Comptroller General to be 42 included on the internet website. 43 The provisions contained herein do not amend, suspend, supersede, replace, revoke, restrict, or otherwise 44 affect Chapter 4, Title 30, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. Nothing in this proviso shall be 45 interpreted as prohibiting the State Board of Education to exercise its authority to grant waivers under 46 Regulation 43-261. 47 1.27. (SDE: Medical Examination and Security Reimbursement/Expenditures) From funds authorized in 48 Part IA, Section 1, VII.B. Other Operating Expenses, the Department of Education may directly pay, or 49 reimburse employees, for the cost of a medical examination as required in Part 391, Subpart E of the Federal 50 Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, for employees that are required to operate a state vehicle transporting 51 hazardous materials and that are required to undergo a national security background check because of the 52 required Hazmat endorsement to their CDL. 53 1.28. (SDE: Budget Reduction) In compensating for any reduction in funding or deficit, local districts 54 must give priority to preserving classroom teachers and operations. Funding reductions should first be 55 applied to administrative and non-classroom expenses before classroom expenses are affected. PAGE 8 1 1.29. (SDE: Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance 2 on June thirtieth of the prior fiscal year of funds appropriated to or generated by the Governor’s School for 3 the Arts and Humanities may be carried forward and expended in the current fiscal year pursuant to the 4 discretion of the Board of Trustees of the School. 5 1.30. (SDE: Governor’s Schools’ Fees) The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and 6 Humanities and the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics are authorized to 7 charge, collect, expend, and carry forward student fees as approved by their respective Board of Directors. 8 The purpose and amount of any such fees will be to maintain program quality in both academics and 9 residential support. No student will be denied admittance or participation due to financial inability to pay. 10 The respective Board of Directors shall promulgate administrative policy governing the collection of all 11 student fees. Both schools shall conspicuously publish a fee schedule on their respective websites. 12 1.31. (SDE: School District Furlough) Should there be a midyear reduction in state funding to the 13 districts, school districts may institute employee furlough programs for district-level and school-level 14 professional staff. Before any of these employees may be furloughed, the chairman of the governing body of 15 the school district must certify that all fund flexibility provided by the General Assembly has been utilized 16 by the district and that the furlough is necessary to avoid a year-end deficit and a reduction in force. The 17 certification must include a detailed report by the superintendent of the specific action taken by the district to 18 avoid a year-end deficit. The certification and report must be in writing and delivered to the State 19 Superintendent of Education and a copy must be forwarded to the Chairman of the Senate Finance 20 Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. 21 The local school district board of trustees may implement a furlough of personnel once certification to the 22 State Superintendent documents all funding flexibility has been exhausted and continued year-end deficits 23 exist. Local school boards of trustees shall have the authority to authorize furloughs of these employees in 24 the manner in which it sees fit. However, instructional personnel may be furloughed for up to five non- 25 instructional days if not prohibited by an applicable employment contract with the district and provided 26 district administrators are furloughed for twice the number of days. District administrators may only be 27 furloughed on non-instructional days and may not be furloughed for a period exceeding ten days. District 28 administrators shall be defined by the Department of Education using the Professional Certified Staff (PCS) 29 System. For individuals not coded in PCS, the determination shall be made based upon whether the 30 individual performs the functions outlined in position codes identified by the department as administration. 31 Educators who would have received a year’s experience credit had a furlough not been implemented, shall 32 not have their experience credit negatively impacted because of a furlough implementation. 33 During any furlough, affected employees shall be entitled to participate in the same benefits as otherwise 34 available to them except for receiving their salaries. As to those benefits that require employer and 35 employee contributions, including, but not limited to, contributions to the South Carolina Retirement System 36 or the optional retirement program, the district will be responsible for making both employer and employee 37 contributions if coverage would otherwise be interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only 38 employee contributions, the employee remains solely responsible for making those contributions. Placement 39 of an employee on furlough under this provision does not constitute a grievance or appeal under any 40 employee grievance procedure. The district may allocate the employee’s reduction in pay over the balance 41 of the fiscal year for payroll purposes regardless of the pay period within which the furlough occurs. 42 Each local school district must prominently post on the district’s internet website and make available for 43 public viewing and downloading the most recent version of the school district’s policy manual and 44 administrative rule manual. 45 This proviso shall not abrogate the terms of any contract between any school district and its employees. 46 1.32. (SDE: School Lunch/Attendance Supervisors) For those counties in which an entity other than the 47 school district administers the school lunch supervisor and/or attendance supervisor programs, the school 48 districts in that county shall transfer to the entity the amount available in the previous fiscal year for 49 administration of the school lunch supervisor and/or attendance supervisor programs. Each district shall 50 transfer a pro rata share of the total cost based upon the percentage of state EFA funds distributed to the 51 districts within the county. 52 1.33. (SDE: SCGSAH Certified Teacher Designation) Because of the unique nature of the South 53 Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, the Charleston School of the Arts, and the 54 Greenville County Fine Arts Center, the schools are authorized to employ at its discretion noncertified 55 classroom teachers teaching in the literary, visual and performing arts subject areas who are otherwise 56 considered to be appropriately qualified in a ratio of up to one hundred percent of the entire teacher staff. PAGE 9 1 1.34. (SDE: No Discrimination Requirement) State funds must not be appropriated to a school that 2 discriminates against or participates with or is a member of an association with policies that discriminate or 3 afford different treatment of students based on race or national origin. 4 1.35. (SDE: Medicaid Cash Match Accounting) The department is granted authority to transfer funds 5 between budget lines and object codes to identify, reconcile, reimburse, and remit funds required for 6 Medicaid cash match to the Department of Health and Human Services. 7 1.36. (SDE: Student Report Card-GPA) For each high school student, school districts shall be required 8 to print the student’s individual cumulative grade point average for grades nine through twelve on the 9 student’s report card. 10 1.37. (SDE: Lost & Damaged Instructional Materials Fees) Fees for lost and damaged instructional 11 materials for the prior school year are due no later than December first of the current school year when 12 invoiced by the Department of Education. The department may withhold instructional materials funding 13 from schools that have not paid their fees by the payment deadline. 14 1.38. (SDE: Education Finance Act Reserve Fund) There is created in the State Treasury a fund separate 15 and distinct from the General Fund of the State and all other funds entitled the Education Finance Act 16 Reserve Fund. All unexpended general funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the Education 17 Finance Act in the current fiscal year shall be transferred to the Education Finance Act Reserve Fund. In the 18 event that the amount appropriated for the Education Finance Act is insufficient to fully fund the base 19 student cost as established by this act, revenues from the Education Finance Act Reserve Fund may be used 20 to supplement the funds appropriated. The General Assembly may make direct appropriations to this fund. 21 All unexpended funds in the Education Finance Act Reserve Fund and any interest accrued by the fund must 22 remain in the fund and may be carried forward into the current fiscal year. 23 1.39. (SDE: Prohibit Advertising on School Buses) The Department of Education and local school 24 districts are prohibited from selling space for or the placement of advertisements on the outside or inside of 25 state-owned school buses. 26 1.40. (SDE: Residential Treatment Facilities Student Enrollment and Funding) Each South Carolina 27 resident of lawful school age residing in licensed residential treatment facilities (RTFs) for children and 28 adolescents identified on the State Qualified Providers list and meets the requirements of Section 44-7-130 of 29 the 1976 Code, (“students”) shall be entitled to receive educational services from the school district in which 30 the RTF is located (“facility school district”). The responsibility for providing appropriate educational 31 programs and services for these students, both with and without disabilities, who are referred, authorized, or 32 placed by the State is vested in the facility school districts. For purposes of this proviso, an authorization 33 must be pursuant to a physician’s determination of medical necessity. If clinically appropriate, the facility 34 school district, the RTF, and the parent or guardian of a student referred or placed in a RTF may consider the 35 appropriateness of providing the student’s education program virtually through enrollment in either the 36 facility district’s virtual program, the South Carolina virtual school program provided through the 37 Department of Education (Virtual SC), or a virtual charter school authorized by the South Carolina Public 38 Charter School District, or a virtual charter school authorized by an approved institute of higher education. 39 This decision should be made jointly with the best interest of the student and what is clinically indicated 40 being considered. 41 A facility school district must provide the necessary educational programs and services directly to the 42 student at the RTF’s facility, provided that the RTF facility provides and maintains comparable adequate 43 space for the educational programs and services consistent with all federal and state least restrictive 44 environment requirements. Adequate space shall include appropriate electrical support and Internet 45 accessibility. Unless the parent or legal guardian of the student seeks to continue the student’s enrollment in 46 the resident school district under a medical homebound instruction program and the district approves, if 47 appropriate, then, under these circumstances, the facility school district shall enroll the student and assume 48 full legal and financial responsibility for the educational services including enrolling the student, approving 49 the student’s entry into a medical homebound instructional program, if appropriate, and receiving and 50 expending funds, unless the resident school district undertakes to carry out its educational responsibilities for 51 the student directly. Alternatively, a facility school district may choose to provide the necessary educational 52 programs and services by contracting with the RTF provided that the RTF agrees to provide educational 53 services to the student at the RTF’s facility. Under these circumstances, the facility school district must 54 enroll the student and pay the RTF for the educational services provided. If the facility school district 55 determines the educational program being offered by the RTF does not meet the educational standards 56 outlines in the contract, the facility district shall be justified in terminating the contract. PAGE 10 1 The facility school districts are entitled to receive the base student cost multiplied by the Education 2 Finance Act pupil weighting for Homebound pupils of 2.10, as set forth in Section 59-20-40 of the 1976 3 Code and any eligible categorical and federal funds. These funds may be retained by the facility school 4 districts for the purpose of providing the educational programs and services directly to students referred or 5 placed by the State or the facility school districts may use these funds to reimburse RTFs for the educational 6 programs and services provided directly by the RTFs. A facility school district is entitled to reimbursement 7 from a resident school district for the difference between (1) the reasonable costs expended for the 8 educational services provided directly by the facility school district or the amount paid to the RTF and (2) 9 the aggregate amount of federal and state funding received by the facility school district for that student. 10 However, the reimbursement rate may not exceed $45 per student per day. Facility school districts providing 11 the educational services shall notify the resident district in writing within forty-five calendar days that a 12 student from the resident district is receiving educational services pursuant to the provisions of the proviso. 13 Reimbursements shall be paid within sixty days of billing, provided the facility district has provided a copy 14 of the invoice to both the District Superintendent and the finance office of the resident district being 15 invoiced. Should the facility school district be unable to reach agreement with the resident school district 16 regarding reasonable costs differences, the facility school district shall notify the Department of Education’s 17 Office of General Counsel. The Department of Education shall facilitate a resolution of the dispute between 18 the facility school district and the resident school district within forty-five days of the notice of dispute. If 19 the issue of reasonable cost differences should remain unresolved, a facility school district shall have the 20 right to file a complaint in a Circuit Court. Should a resident school district fail to distribute the entitled 21 funding to the facility school district by the one hundred thirty-five day count, the Department of Education 22 is authorized to withhold the equivalent amount of EFA funds and transfer those funds to the facility school 23 district. 24 RTF facilities on the State Qualified Provider List not located within the boundaries of the state shall be 25 reimbursed at a rate that may not exceed $45 per student per day for education services and school districts 26 shall be eligible to receive a base student cost weighted funding of 2.10 provided that the student remains 27 enrolled in the school district. Facilities providing the educational services shall notify the resident district in 28 writing within forty-five calendar days that a student from the resident district is receiving educational 29 services pursuant to the provisions of the proviso. Reimbursements shall be paid within sixty days of billing, 30 provided the qualified facility has provided a copy of the invoice to both the District Superintendent and the 31 finance office of the resident district being invoiced. Should the facility be unable to reach agreement with 32 the resident school district regarding reasonable costs differences, the provider shall notify the Department of 33 Education's Office of General Counsel. The Department of Education shall facilitate a resolution of the 34 dispute between the facility and the resident school district within forty-five days of the notice of dispute. If 35 the issue of reasonable cost differences should remain unresolved, a facility shall have the right to file a 36 complaint in a Circuit Court. Additionally, qualified RTF providers’ general education curriculum must be 37 aligned to the South Carolina academic standards in the core content areas. All students with disabilities 38 who are eligible for special education and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 39 Act (IDEA), as amended, and the State Board of Education (SBE) regulations, as amended, shall receive 40 special education and related services in the least restrictive environment by appropriately certified 41 personnel. Students in a qualified RTF will at all times be eligible to receive the educational credits (e.g., 42 Carnegie Units) earned through their educational efforts. The resident school district and the RTF should 43 develop a memorandum of understanding to outline the responsibilities of the RTF in providing the 44 educational services and responsibilities, if any, of the resident school district while the student is housed in 45 the RTF. 46 If a child from out of state is placed in a RTF by an out-of-state school district or agency, the child’s home 47 state remains responsible for the educational services. The facility school district may choose to provide the 48 educational program to the child and, upon choosing to do so, shall contract with the appropriate entity for 49 payment of educational serviced provided to the child. Out-of-state students provided educational services 50 by a facility school district shall not be eligible for funding through the Education Finance Act. 51 If a child is placed in a RTF by the child’s parent or guardian and is not referred, authorized, or placed by 52 the State, the facility school district may choose to provide the educational program to the child, and upon 53 doing so, must negotiate with the resident school district for services through medical homebound 54 procedures. A facility school district is responsible for compliance with all child find requirements under 55 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA). PAGE 11 1 All students enrolled in the facility school districts shall have access to the facility school districts’ general 2 education curriculum, which will be tied to the South Carolina academic standards in the core content areas. 3 All students with disabilities who are eligible for special education and related services under the Individuals 4 with IDEA, as amended, and the State Board of Education (SBE) regulations, as amended, shall receive 5 special education and related services in the least restrictive environment by appropriately certified 6 personnel. Students in an RTF will at all times be eligible to receive the educational credits (e.g., Carnegie 7 Units) earned through their educational efforts. 8 With respect to students enrolled in the facility school districts, for accountability purposes, the 9 assessment and accountability measures for students residing in RTFs shall be attributed to a specific school 10 only if the child physically attends the school. The performance of students residing in a RTF who receive 11 their educational program on site at the RTF must be reflected on a separate line on the facility school 12 district’s report card and must not be included in the overall performance ratings of the facility school 13 district. The Department of Education shall examine the feasibility of issuing report cards for RTFs. For the 14 current fiscal year, a facility school district shall not have the district’s state accreditation rating negatively 15 impacted by deficiencies related to the delivery of an educational program at a RTF. 16 RTFs shall notify the facility school district as soon as practical, and before admission to the RTF if 17 practical, of a student’s admission to the RTF. RTFs, the facility school districts and the Department of 18 Education shall use their best efforts to secure and/or exchange information, including documents and 19 records necessary to provide appropriate educational services and/or related services as necessary to assist 20 the facility school district in determining the resident school district. The Department of Education, in 21 collaboration with state placing agencies, RTFs, facility school districts, and resident school districts, shall 22 implement a system to follow the release of students from a RTF and re-enrollment in public, private, or 23 special schools to ensure these students, when appropriate, are not recorded as dropouts. 24 1.41. (SDE: Special Schools Flexibility) For the current fiscal year, the special schools are authorized to 25 transfer funds among funding categories, including capital funds. 26 1.42. (SDE: High School Driver Education) For the current fiscal year, the requirement for high schools 27 to provide a course in driver education is suspended however, high schools may continue to offer driver 28 education courses if they choose to do so. 29 1.43. (SDE: Carry Forward Authorization) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Education is 30 authorized to carry forward and expend any General Fund balances for school bus transportation. 31 1.44. (SDE: Administrative Costs Report Posting) School districts must report the amount of funds 32 spent on administrative costs, as defined by In$ight in the prior fiscal year and post the report on the districts 33 website. School districts shall provide an electronic copy of this report to the Department of Education in 34 conjunction with the financial audit report required by Section 59-17-100, of the 1976 Code. If a district 35 fails to meet these requirements they must be notified in writing by the department that the district has sixty 36 days to comply with the reporting requirement. If the district does not report within sixty days, the 37 department is authorized to reduce the district’s base student cost by one percent until such time as the 38 requirement is met. Once in compliance, any funds withheld will be returned to the district. 39 1.45. (SDE: Governor’s Schools Residency Requirement) Of the funds appropriated, the Governor’s 40 School for the Arts and the Humanities and the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics are to 41 ensure that a parent(s) or guardian(s) of a student attending either the Governor’s School for the Arts and the 42 Humanities or the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics must prove that they are a legal resident 43 of the state of South Carolina at the time of application and must remain so throughout time of attendance. 44 The Governor’s School for the Arts and the Humanities and Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics 45 may not admit students whose parent(s) or guardian(s) are not legal residents of South Carolina. 46 1.46. (SDE: Holocaust Funds) Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the SC Council 47 on Holocaust shall not be used for any other purpose nor transferred to any other program. In addition, in the 48 event the department is required to implement a budget reduction, SC Council on Holocaust funds may not 49 be reduced. 50 1.47. (SDE: Student Health and Fitness) Funds appropriated for Student Health and Fitness shall be 51 allocated to school districts to increase the number of physical education teachers to the extent possible and 52 to provide licensed nurses for elementary public schools. Twentyseven percent of the funds shall be 53 allocated to the districts based on average daily membership of grades K-5 from the preceding year for 54 physical education teachers. The remaining funds will be made available for school nurses and shall be 55 distributed to the school districts on a per school basis. Schools that provide instruction in grades K-5 are 56 eligible to apply for the school nurse funds. PAGE 12 1 1.48. (SDE: Impute Index Value) For the current fiscal year and for the purposes of calculating the 2 index of taxpaying ability the Department of Revenue shall impute an index value for owner-occupied 3 residential property qualifying for the special four percent assessment ratio by adding the second preceding 4 taxable year total school district reimbursements for Tier 1, 2, and Tier 3(A) and not to include the 5 supplement distribution. The Department of Revenue shall not include sales ratio data in its calculation of 6 the index of taxpaying ability. The methodology for the calculations for the remaining classes of property 7 shall remain as required pursuant to the EFA and other applicable provisions of law. 8 1.49. (SDE: EFA State Share) A school district that does not recognize a State share of the EFA 9 financial requirement shall be supplemented with an amount equal to seventy percent of the school district 10 with the least State financial requirement. 11 1.50. (SDE: Health Education) (1) Each school district is required to ensure that all comprehensive 12 health education, reproductive health education, and family life education conducted within the district, 13 whether by school district employees or a private entity, must utilize curriculum that complies with the 14 provisions contained in Chapter 32, Title 59 and aligns to all standards and regulations adopted by the 15 South Carolina State Board of Education. Each district shall publish on its website the title and publisher of 16 all health education materials it has approved, adopted, and used in the classroom. If the department 17 determines that a district is non-compliant with mandated health education upon review of the district’s 18 annual CHE Compliance Survey or if the district fails to publish the title and publisher of materials on its 19 website, then the Department of Education shall withhold one percent of the district’s funds allocated in 20 Part IA, Section 1, X - Student Health and Fitness Act until the department determines the district is in 21 compliance. 22 (2) Any person may complain in a signed, notarized writing to the chairman of the governing board of a 23 school district that matter not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 32, Title 59 is being taught in 24 the district. Upon receiving a notarized complaint, the chairman of the governing board must ensure that the 25 complaint is immediately investigated and, if the complaint is determined to be founded, that immediate 26 action is taken to correct the violation. If corrective action is not taken within 60 days of such a 27 determination, or if no investigation is made within 60 days of the chairman’s receipt of the notarized 28 statement, then the complainant may within 60 calendar days, give written notice to the department. The 29 notice must include the original notarized complaint. If, upon investigation, the department determines that 30 the district has not taken appropriate immediate action to correct a violation, then the Department of 31 Education shall withhold one percent of the district’s funds allocated in Part IA, Section 1, X - Student 32 Health and Fitness Act until the department determines the district is in compliance. If the department 33 determines that a district is non-compliant with mandated health education or if the district fails to publish 34 the title and publisher of materials on its website, then the Department of Education shall withhold one 35 percent of the district’s funds allocated in Part IA, Section 1, X - Student Health and Fitness Act until the 36 department determines the district is in compliance. 37 1.51. (SDE: Bus Lease/Purchase) The Department of Education is permitted to purchase or lease school 38 buses in order to continue replacement of the state’s school bus fleet. 39 1.52. (SDE: Lee County Bus Shop) From the funds appropriated in program VII.B. Bus Shops, in the 40 current fiscal year, the department must fund the Lee County School District Bus Shop and the Kershaw 41 County School District Bus Shop at the same level as they were funded in the previous fiscal year. 42 1.53. (SDE: School Enrollment Policy) For the current fiscal year, any school district with an open 43 enrollment policy for all schools or certain schools which had previously accepted certain students residing 44 outside of the district to an academic magnet school in the district must continue to accept these students and 45 their siblings for enrollment at the academic magnet school under the same terms and conditions these 46 students were previously permitted to attend the school. 47 1.54. (SDE: District Funding Flexibility) For the current fiscal year, districts must utilize funding 48 flexibility provided herein to ensure that district approved safety precautions are in place at every school. 49 1.55. (SDE: Transportation Maintenance Facilities) For the current fiscal year, a school district wishing 50 to include school bus maintenance in a contract with a private vendor may enter into an agreement with the 51 Department of Education whereby the department releases the school district to include school bus 52 maintenance in the private vendor contract. 53 1.56. (SDE: School District Activity Bus Advertisements) School Districts may sell commercial 54 advertising space on the outside or inside of district owned activity buses. However, as defined and 55 determined by the local school board, a school district may not sell such commercial advertising if the 56 advertisement promotes a political candidate, ideology, or cause, a product that could be harmful to children, PAGE 13 1 or a product that appeals to the prurient interest. Revenue generated from the sale of commercial advertising 2 space shall be retained by the school district. 3 1.57. (SDE: School District Property) The requirements of Section 59-19-250 of the 1976 Code, as 4 amended, which requires the consent of a governing board of a county in order for school trustees to sell or 5 lease school property whenever they deem it expedient to do so are suspended for the current fiscal year. 6 1.58. (SDE: Full-Day 4K) Eligible students residing in a school district that met the poverty level for 7 participation in the prior school year are eligible to participate in the South Carolina Early Reading 8 Development and Education Program in the current school year. Public and private providers will be 9 reimbursed shall be funded for instructional costs at a rate of $4,323 $4,422 per student enrolled. Eligible 10 students enrolling during the school year or withdrawing during the school year shall be funded on a pro rata 11 basis determined by the length of their enrollment. Private providers transporting eligible children to and 12 from school shall also be eligible for a reimbursement of $550 $563 per eligible child transported. All 13 providers who are reimbursed are required to retain records as required by their fiscal agent. New providers 14 participating for the first time in the current fiscal year and enrolling between one and six eligible children 15 shall be eligible to receive up to $1,000 per child in materials and equipment funding, with providers 16 enrolling seven or more such children eligible for funding not to exceed $10,000. Providers receiving 17 equipment funding are expected to participate in the program and provide high-quality, center-based 18 programs as defined herein for a minimum of three years. Failure to participate for three years will require 19 the provider to return a portion of the equipment allocation at a level determined by the Department of 20 Education and the Office of First Steps to School Readiness. Funding to providers is contingent upon receipt 21 of data as requested by the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps. The Department of 22 Education shall only provide funding for public school students whose complete records have been entered 23 into PowerSchool. 24 The South Carolina Early Reading Development and Education Program continues to operate annually 25 with unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year. Therefore, for the current fiscal year, if the Department 26 of Education or the Office of First Steps determine that carry forward funds and appropriations exist to 27 serve additional eligible children, the Department of Education or the Office of First Steps are authorized to 28 expand services to eligible children who reside in school districts that are contiguous to school districts that 29 met the poverty level for participation in the prior school year. The Department of Education and Office of 30 First Steps must report to the General Assembly by October 1 on the estimated number of children to be 31 served. 32 Annually, the Department of Education is directed to audit the annual allocations to public providers to 33 ensure that allocations are accurate and aligned to the appropriate pro rata per student allocation, 34 materials, and equipment funding. In the event the department, during the audit process determines that the 35 annual allocations of the prior fiscal year are not accurate, the department must adjust the allocations for 36 the current fiscal year to account for the audit findings. The department must provide the results of the 37 annual audit findings to the General Assembly no later than December 1. Likewise, in the event the Office of 38 First Steps determines that the annual allocations of the prior fiscal year to private providers are not 39 accurate, the Office of First Steps must adjust the allocations for the current fiscal year to account for the 40 findings. 41 Of the funds appropriated, $300,000 shall be allocated to the Education Oversight Committee to conduct 42 an annual evaluation of the South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program and to issue 43 findings in a report to the General Assembly by January fifteenth of each year. To aid in this evaluation, the 44 Education Oversight Committee shall determine the data necessary and both public and private providers are 45 required to submit the necessary data as a condition of continued participation in and funding of the program. 46 This data shall include developmentally appropriate measures of student progress. Additionally, the 47 Department of Education shall issue a unique student identifier for each child receiving services from a 48 private provider. The Department of Education shall be responsible for the collection and maintenance of 49 data on the public state funded full day and half-day four-year-old kindergarten programs. The Office of 50 First Steps to School Readiness shall be responsible for the collection and maintenance of data on the state 51 funded programs provided through private providers. The Education Oversight Committee shall use this 52 data and all other collected and maintained data necessary to conduct a research based review of the 53 program’s implementation and assessment of student success in the early elementary grades. 54 1.59. (SDE: Summer Reading Camps) For the current fiscal year, funds appropriated for summer 55 reading camps must be allocated as follows: (1) up to twenty percent to the Department of Education to 56 provide bus transportation for students attending the camps; (2) $700,000 allocated to the department to PAGE 14 1 provide grants to support community partnerships whereby community organizations shall partner with local 2 school districts to provide enrichment activities as part of after school programs or summer reading camps 3 that utilize volunteers, mentors or tutors to provide instructional support to struggling readers in elementary 4 schools that have a poverty index of forty percent or greater based on the poverty index utilized the prior 5 fiscal year that was student eligibility for the free or reduced price lunch program and Medicaid. All mentors 6 and tutors that are a part of these after school programs or summer reading camps must have passed a SLED 7 criminal background check. Participant to volunteer or teacher ratio must conform to that of the school 8 district in which the program is located. The Education Oversight Committee will document and evaluate 9 the partnerships and the impact of the partnerships on student academic success and make recommendations 10 on the characteristics of effective partnerships and on methods of duplicating effective partnerships 11 throughout the state; and (3) the remainder on a per pupil allocation to each school district based on the 12 number of students who substantially failed to demonstrate third-grade reading proficiency as indicated on 13 the prior year’s state assessment as defined by Section 59-155-120 (10) of the 1976 Code. Summer reading 14 camps must be at least six weeks in duration with a minimum of four days of instruction per week and four 15 hours of instruction per day, or the equivalent minimum hours of instruction in the summer. School 16 transportation shall be provided. The camps must be taught by compensated teachers who have at least an 17 add-on literacy endorsement or who have documented and demonstrated substantial success in helping 18 students comprehend grade-level texts. The Department of Education shall assist districts that cannot find 19 qualified teachers to work in the summer camps. Districts may also choose to contract for the services of 20 qualified instructors or collaborate with one or more districts to provide a summer reading camp. Schools 21 and school districts are encouraged to partner with county or school libraries, institutions of higher learning, 22 community organizations, faith-based institutions, businesses, pediatric and family practice medical 23 personnel, and other groups to provide volunteers, mentors, tutors, space, or other support to assist with the 24 provision of the summer reading camps. In the current school year, any student in third grade who 25 substantially fails to demonstrate third-grade reading proficiency by the end of the school year must be 26 offered the opportunity to attend a summer reading camp at no cost to the parent or guardian. The purpose of 27 the reading camp is to provide students who are significantly below third-grade reading proficiency with the 28 opportunity to receive quality, intensive instructional services and support. A district may also include in the 29 summer reading camps students who are not exhibiting reading proficiency at any grade and may charge fees 30 for these students to attend the summer reading camps based on a sliding scale pursuant to Section 59-19-90, 31 except where a child is found to be reading below grade level in the first, second or third grade. A parent or 32 guardian of a student who does not substantially demonstrate proficiency in comprehending texts appropriate 33 for his grade level must make the final decision regarding the student’s participation in the summer reading 34 camp. 35 1.60. (SDE: Interscholastic Athletic Association Dues) A public school district supported by state funds 36 shall not use any funds or permit any school within the district to use any funds to join, affiliate with, pay 37 dues or fees to, or in any way financially support any interscholastic athletic association, body, or entity 38 unless the constitution, rules, or policies of the association, body, or entity contain the following: 39 (1) a range of sanctions that may be applied to a student, coach, team, or program and that takes into 40 account factors such as the seriousness, frequency, and other relevant factors when there is a violation of the 41 constitution, bylaws, rules, or other governing provisions of the association, body, or entity; 42 (2) (a) guarantees that private or charter schools are afforded the same rights and privileges that are 43 enjoyed by all other members of the association, body, or entity. A private or charter school may not be 44 expelled from or have its membership unreasonably withheld by the association, body, or entity or restricted 45 in its ability to participate in interscholastic athletics including, but not limited to, state playoffs or 46 championships based solely on its status as a private school or charter school. The association, body, or 47 entity shall set reasonable standards for private or charter school admission. A private or charter school 48 denied membership must be provided, in writing within five business days, the reason or reasons for 49 rejection of its application for membership; 50 (b) guarantees that a South Carolina home school athletic team that is a member of a home school 51 athletic association may not be denied access to preseason and regular season interscholastic athletics 52 including, but not limited to, jamborees and invitational tournaments, based solely on its status as a home 53 school athletic team; other rules or policies of the association, body, or entity would apply; 54 (3) (a) an appeals process in which appeals of the association, body, or entity are made to a 55 disinterested third-body appellate panel which consists of seven members who serve four year terms, with 56 one person appointed by the delegation of each congressional district; PAGE 15 1 (b) a member of the panel serves until his successor is appointed and qualifies. A vacancy on the 2 panel is filled in the manner of the original appointment; 3 (c) members of the appellate panel do not concurrently serve as officers of the association, body, 4 or entity and may not have served as a member of the executive committee within the last three years. 5 Principals and superintendents are able to appeal a ruling of the association, body, or entity to the panel. The 6 appellate panel also must provide the final ruling in any appeal brought against a decision of the association, 7 body, or entity; 8 (4) a procedure in place for emergency appeals to be held and decided upon in an expedited manner if 9 the normal appellate process would prohibit the participation of a student, team, program, or school in an 10 athletic event, to include practices; 11 (5) provisions, implemented within one year after the effective date of this section, that require the 12 composition of the executive committee of the association, body, or entity be geographically representative 13 of this State. 14 In the event an association, body, or entity fails to include one of the items listed in this proviso, public 15 school districts and schools must end their affiliation with the association, body, or entity prior to the 16 beginning of the upcoming school year and are prohibited from paying dues or fees to the association, body, 17 or entity. 18 1.61. (SDE: Governor’s Schools Informational Access to Students) For the current fiscal year, school 19 districts must permit both the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and the Governor’s School for 20 Science and Mathematics to collaborate with individual schools and their staff to share information with 21 students and families about the educational opportunities offered at the respective Governor’s Schools, 22 through avenues including school visits, informational presentations, and posters. By June thirtieth, of the 23 current fiscal year, the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and the Governor’s School for 24 Science and Mathematics must report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of 25 the House Ways and Means Committee the results of these Informational Access efforts. Further, the two 26 Governor’s Schools will work with districts, the Department of Education and School Report Card 27 administrators, to ensure that SAT scores of current Governor’s Schools’ students are included in the School 28 Report Card of those students’ resident schools and districts. 29 1.62. (SDE: Reading/Literacy Coaches) (A) Funds appropriated for Reading/Literacy Coaches must be 30 allocated to school districts by the Department of Education as follows: 31 (1) for each elementary school in which twenty percent or more of the students scored below 32 proficient “meets expectations” on the reading sub score of the English language arts and research test in 33 the most recent year for which such data are available, the school district shall be eligible to receive the 34 lesser of either up to $62,730 or the actual cost of salary and benefits for a full-time reading/literacy coach; 35 and 36 (2) for each elementary school in which fewer than twenty percent of the students scored below 37 proficient on the reading and research test during the same period as referenced in (A)(1), the school district 38 shall be eligible to receive the lesser of either up to $31,365 or fifty percent of the actual cost of salary and 39 benefits for a full-time reading/literacy coach. A school district must provide local support for state funds 40 provided under this paragraph. School districts may use existing local funds currently used for reading 41 assistance as the local support. 42 (B) By accepting these funds, a school district warrants that they will not be used to supplant existing 43 school district expenditures, except for districts that either are currently, or in the prior fiscal year, were 44 paying for reading/literacy coaches with local funds. A district may, however, assign a reading/literacy 45 coach to a primary school rather than to the elementary school to improve the early literacy skills of young 46 children. 47 (C) Funds appropriated for reading/literacy Coaches are intended to be used to provide elementary 48 schools with reading/literacy coaches who shall serve according to the provisions in Chapter 155 of Title 59. 49 (D) Schools and districts accepting funding to support a coaching position agree that the reading/literacy 50 coach must not serve as an administrator. If the department finds that school districts are using these funds 51 for administrative costs as defined in statute they must withhold that districts remaining balance of funds 52 allocated pursuant to this proviso. 53 (E) The Department of Education must publish guidelines that define the minimum qualifications for a 54 reading/literacy coach. These guidelines must deem any licensed/certified teacher qualified if, at a 55 minimum, he or she: PAGE 16 1 (1) holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and an add-on endorsement for literacy coach or literacy 2 specialist; or 3 (2) holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and is actively pursuing the literacy coach or literacy 4 specialist endorsement; or 5 (3) holds a master’s degree or higher in reading or a closelyrelated field. 6 Within these guidelines, the Department of Education must assist districts in identifying a reading/literacy 7 coach in the event that the school is not successful in identifying and directly employing a qualified 8 candidate. The provisions of subsection (A), including the local support requirements, shall also apply to 9 any allocations made pursuant to this paragraph. 10 (F) The Department of Education must develop procedures for monitoring the use of funds appropriated 11 for reading/literacy coaches to ensure they are applied to their intended uses and are not redirected for other 12 purposes. The Department of Education may receive up to $100,000 of the funds appropriated for 13 reading/literacy coaches in order to implement this program, provided that this allocation does not exceed the 14 department’s actual costs. 15 (G) Prior to the close of the current fiscal year, any unspent or unallocated funds for reading/literacy 16 coaches shall be used to fund Summer Reading Camps. 17 (H) The Department of Education shall require: 18 (1) any school district receiving funding under subsection (A) to identify the name and 19 qualifications of the supported reading/literacy coach; as well as the school in which the coach is assigned; 20 and 21 (2) any school district receiving funding under subsection ( G) to account for the specific amounts 22 and uses of such funds. 23 (I) With the data reported by the school districts, the department shall report by January fifteenth of the 24 current fiscal year on the hiring of and assignment of reading/literacy coaches by school. The department 25 shall also report the amount of funds that will be used for Summer Reading Camps. 26 (J) Funds appropriated for reading/literacy coaches shall be retained and carried forward to be used for 27 the same purpose but may not be flexed. 28 (K) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, if increased funding for reading/literacy coaches is not sufficient to 29 provide additional reading/literacy coaches at each elementary school then the funding must be targeted to 30 the areas of greatest need based on the number of students substantially failing to demonstrate reading 31 proficiency as indicated on the prior year’s state assessment. 32 1.63. (SDE: Sports Participation) Any school receiving state funds shall be required to allow a military 33 dependent student who has transferred from their resident school district to another school district to 34 participate in a sport that was not offered in the resident school district. Should a school fail to comply with 35 this provision, the Department of Education shall withhold one percent of their total state allocation. 36 1.64. (SDE: Graduation Rates) For the current fiscal year, if a high school has a graduation rate below 37 sixty percent, using appropriated funds a local school district board of trustees must provide a report 38 detailing a plan to increase the graduation rate in accordance with the provisions of the Education 39 Accountability Act to the State Board of Education. 40 1.65. (SDE: South Carolina Community Block Grants for Education Pilot Program) There is created the 41 South Carolina Community Block Grants for Education Pilot Program. The purpose of this matching grants 42 program is to encourage and sustain partnerships between a community and its local public school district or 43 school for the implementation of innovative, state-of-the-art education initiatives and models to improve 44 student learning. The initiatives and models funded by the grant must be well designed, based on strong 45 evidence of effectiveness, and have a history of improved student performance. 46 The General Assembly finds that the success offered by these initiatives and programs is assured best 47 when vigorous community support is integral to their development and implementation. It is the intent of 48 this proviso to encourage public school and district communities and their entrepreneurial public educators to 49 undertake state-of-the-art initiatives to improve student learning and to share the results of these efforts with 50 the state’s public education community. 51 As used in this proviso: 52 (1) “Community” is defined as a group of parents, educators, and individuals from business, faith 53 groups, elected officials, nonprofit organizations and others who support the public school district or school 54 in its efforts to provide an outstanding education for each child. As applied to the schools impacted within a 55 district or an individual school, “community” includes the school faculty and the School Improvement 56 Council as established in Section 59-20-60 of the 1976 Code; PAGE 17 1 (2) “Poverty” is defined as the percent of students eligible in the prior year for the free and reduced 2 price lunch program and or Medicaid; and 3 (3) “Achievement” is as established by the Education Oversight Committee for the report card ratings 4 developed pursuant to Section 5918-900 of the 1976 Code. 5 The Executive Director of the Education Oversight Committee is directed to appoint an independent 6 grants committee to develop the process for awarding the grants including the application procedure, 7 selection process, and matching grant formula. The grants committee will be comprised of seven members, 8 three members selected from the education community and four members from the business community. 9 The chairman of the committee will be selected by the committee members at the first meeting of the grants 10 committee. The grants committee will review and select the recipients of the Community Block Grants for 11 Education. 12 The criteria for awarding the grants must include, but are not limited to: 13 (1) the establishment and continuation of a robust community advisory committee to leverage funding, 14 expertise, and other resources to assist the district or school throughout the implementation of the initiatives 15 funded through the Block Grant Program; 16 (2) a demonstrated ability to meet the match throughout the granting period; 17 (3) a demonstrated ability to implement the initiative or model as set forth in the application; and 18 (4) an explanation of the manner in which the initiative supports the district’s or school’s strategic plan 19 required by Section 59-18-1310 of the 1976 Code. 20 In addition, the district or school, with input from the community advisory committee, must include: 21 (1) a comprehensive plan to examine delivery implementation and measure impact of the model; 22 (2) a report on implementation problems and successes and impact of the innovation or model; and 23 (3) evidence of support for the project from the school district administration when an individual 24 school applies for a grant. 25 The match required from a grant recipient is based on the poverty of the district or school. No matching 26 amount will exceed more than seventy percent of the grant request or be less than ten percent of the request. 27 The required match may be met by funds or by in-kind donations, such as technology, to be further defined 28 by the grants committee. Public school districts and schools that have high poverty and low achievement 29 will receive priority for grants when their applications are judged to meet the criteria established for the grant 30 program. 31 However, no grant may exceed $250,000 annually unless the grants committee finds that exceptional 32 circumstances warrant exceeding this amount. 33 The Education Oversight Committee will review the grantee reports and examine the implementation of 34 the initiatives and models to understand the delivery of services and any contextual factors. The Oversight 35 Committee will then highlight the accomplishments and common challenges of the initiatives and models 36 funded by the Community Block Grant for Education Pilot Program to share the lessons learned with the 37 state’s public education community. 38 For the current fiscal year, funds allocated to the Community Block Grant for Education Pilot Program 39 must be used to provide or expand high-quality early childhood programs for a targeted population of at-risk 40 four-year-olds. High-quality is defined as meeting the minimum program requirements of the Child Early 41 Reading Development and Education Program and providing measurable high-quality child-teacher 42 interactions, curricula and instruction. Priority will be given to applications that involve public-private 43 partnerships between school districts, schools, Head Start, and private child care providers who collaborate 44 to: (1) provide high-quality programs to four-year-olds to maximize the return on investment; (2) assist in 45 making the transition to kindergarten; (3) improve the early literacy, social and emotional, and numeracy 46 readiness of children; and (4) engage families in improving their children’s readiness. 47 1.66. (SDE: Board of Education Funds) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Education is 48 authorized to carry forward funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, II. Board of Education. The State 49 Board of Education is permitted to utilize these funds for innovative educational opportunities and projects. 50 The Board of Education shall develop guidelines and publish them on the board’s website. 51 1.67. (SDE: Proceeds from Sale of Bus Shop & Boat) For the current fiscal year the Department of 52 Education is authorized to retain any funds received from the sale of any bus shop and the sale of the 53 stateowned boat and expend those funds for transportation purposes. 54 1.68. (SDE: First Steps 4K Technology) During the current fiscal year, South Carolina Office of First 55 Steps to School Readiness is authorized to expend up to $75,000 from the four-year-old kindergarten carry 56 forward funds to purchase electronic devices for the administration of required school readiness assessments PAGE 18 1 to children enrolled in the full-day 4K program in private centers in the current fiscal year. The State Office 2 of First Steps may purchase one device, which would be the property of the Office of First Steps, for every 3 ten centers serving children in the program. The regional coordinators who provide support to the centers 4 shall coordinate the usage of the devices among the centers. First Steps shall provide a report documenting 5 its technology and materials expenditures to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the 6 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee no later than January 15, 2017 2018. 7 1.69. (SDE: Teacher Salary Schedule Structure) The Department of Education shall convene 8 stakeholders to include: Palmetto State Teachers Association, South Carolina School Business Officials, 9 South Carolina Association of School Administrators, South Carolina School Boards Association, South 10 Carolina Education Association, and the Education Oversight Committee to examine and make 11 recommendations regarding changes to the statewide minimum state teacher salary schedule to include 12 extending the steps on the state teacher salary schedule; an examination of the beginning teacher salary; and 13 an examination of each district’s salary schedule structure. The department shall also include information 14 from each of the districts who are, or were, the original trial and plaintiff school districts in the Abbeville law 15 suit regarding salary needs in those districts. Recommendations shall be provided on the modification of the 16 teacher salary schedule structure and the potential fiscal impact on implementing the modification 17 recommendations to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways 18 and Means Committee by October 1, 2017. 19 1.70. (SDE: Teacher Certification Exemption) For the current fiscal year, a teacher certified at the 20 secondary level may teach such courses in grades seven through twelve without having the add on 21 certification for middle-level education. Districts must report to the Department of Education and the Center 22 for Educator Recruitment Retention and Advancement on the teachers and courses that utilize this 23 exemption. 24 1.71. (SDE: Digital Instructional Materials) The Department of Education shall create an instructional 25 materials list composed of those items (print and/or digital) that have received State Board of Education 26 approval through the normal adoption process. The department shall continue to work with the publishers of 27 instructional materials to ensure that districts who wish to receive both the digital version and class sets of 28 textbooks may be awarded that option. Funds appropriated for the purchase of textbooks and other 29 instructional materials may be used for reimbursing school districts to offset the costs of refurbishing science 30 kits on the state-adopted textbook inventory, purchasing new kits from the central textbook depository, or a 31 combination of refurbishment and purchase. The refurbishing cost of kits may not exceed the cost of the 32 state-adopted refurbishing kits plus a reasonable amount for shipping and handling. Costs for staff 33 development, personnel costs, equipment, or other costs associated with refurbishing kits on state inventory 34 are not allowable costs. Funds provided for Instructional Materials may be carried forward from the prior 35 fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purposes by the department, school 36 districts, and special schools. These funds are not subject to flexibility. Digital Instructional Materials shall 37 include the digital equivalent of materials and devices. 38 1.72. (SDE: CDEPP Unexpended Funds) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Office of First Steps to 39 School Readiness is permitted to retain the first $1,000,000 of any unexpended CDEPP funds of the prior 40 fiscal year and expend these funds to enhance the quality of the full-day 4K program in private centers and 41 provide professional development opportunities. 42 By August first, the Office of First Steps is directed to allocate any additional unexpended CDEPP funds 43 from the prior fiscal year and any CDEPP funds carried forward from prior fiscal years that were transferred 44 to the restricted account for the following purpose: Education Oversight Committee - $1,000,000 for the 45 South Carolina Community Block Grants for Education Pilot Program. 46 If carry forward funds are less than the amounts appropriated, funding for the items listed herein shall be 47 reduced on a pro rata basis. 48 If by August first, school districts eligible to receive full-day 4K funding opt to not participate in the 49 program, the Department of Education is authorized to utilize unexpended funds to increase participation on 50 a per pupil basis for districts eligible for participation who have a documented waiting list. The per pupil 51 allocation and classroom grant must conform with the appropriated amount contained in this Act. Funds 52 may also be used to provide professional development and quality evaluations of programs. 53 No later than April 1, 2017, the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps must report to the 54 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on 55 the expenditure of these funds to include the following information: the amount of money used and specific 56 steps and measures taken to enhance the quality of the 4K program and the amount of money used for PAGE 19 1 professional development as well as the types of professional development offered and the number of 2 participants. 3 1.73. (SDE: Technology Technical Assistance) Of the funds appropriated for the K-12 Technology 4 Initiative, the department is authorized to withhold up to $350,000 in order to provide technology technical 5 assistance to school districts. 6 1.74. (SDE: First Steps Accountability) Based on the need for stated intervention by the US Department 7 of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSEP) in implementing Part C of the 8 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Office of First Steps to School Readiness must meet 9 federal compliance for the Part C program. Additionally, the Office of First Steps to School Readiness shall 10 report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 11 Committee, and the Governor the specific steps, timeline and progress made in improving meeting 12 compliance standards its performance for those indicators with which the office was scored as being low 13 performing. The report must include a statement regarding whether the additional employees authorized by 14 this act are sufficient for compliance. The report shall also include any correspondence from the US 15 Department of Education concerning the progress made on federal compliance with OSEP state standards. 16 The report must be submitted no later than December 31, 2016. From the funds appropriated for BabyNet, 17 the Office of First Steps to School Readiness may expend the funds necessary to meet the requirements of 18 this proviso. 19 1.75. (SDE: Data Maintenance and Collection) For the current fiscal year and from the funds 20 appropriated to the department for the collection and maintenance of data, personally identifiable 21 information of teacher candidates and teachers collected and maintained by the Department of Education 22 shall be treated as personnel records and shall not be subject to public disclosure. 23 1.76. (SDE: Teacher Employment) Of the funds appropriated in the current fiscal year, a local school 24 district superintendent or his designee shall provide a teacher with notice of dismissal and an opportunity for 25 a hearing before the local board or its designee. Further, a local board may authorize a South Carolina 26 licensed, practicing attorney to serve as hearing officer to conduct a hearing on the matter and make a report 27 of its recommendations to the board within forty-five days after receipt of notice of appeal. A hearing officer 28 may not be a member of the board or an employee of the district. If the board designates a hearing officer, 29 the report and recommendations of the hearing officer must be presented to the board in the form of a written 30 order. In considering the report and recommendations, the board must have available to it the exhibits 31 presented at the hearing and shall permit limited oral argument on behalf of the district and the teacher, 32 allowing each party thirty minutes to present its respective argument. The board shall uphold the decision of 33 the hearing officer if the evidence shows good and just cause for dismissal. The board shall issue a decision 34 affirming or withdrawing the notice of suspension or dismissal within thirty days. The decision of the board 35 may be appealed to the circuit court. 36 1.77. (SDE: Technology Technical Assistance) Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for 37 Technology Technical Assistance must be used to increase the capacity of districts who are or were the 38 original trial and plaintiff school districts in the Abbeville law suit. Funds shall be used by the department to 39 assist school districts in procuring appropriate technology to include devices and infrastructure in accordance 40 with the recommendations made by the technology review team to begin to build capacity to offer online 41 testing and increased access. For the current fiscal year districts and individual public charter schools may 42 request a waiver from the State Board of Education from the requirement that all assessments be 43 administered online. 44 1.78. (SDE-Highly Qualified Teachers) For the current fiscal year teacher certification requirements for 45 highly qualified educators aligned to No Child Left Behind shall be suspended. The department shall report 46 to the General Assembly by February first on the updated Federal requirements under the Every Student 47 Succeeds Act. 48 1.79. (SDE: Teacher Salaries Increase) For Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Department of Education is 49 directed to increase the statewide salary schedule by two percent. A local school district board of trustees 50 must provide all certified teachers paid on the teacher salary schedule a two percent salary increase. Districts 51 are to provide this increase using the district salary schedule utilized the prior fiscal year as its base. School 52 districts shall utilize the additional funds made available from the Education Finance Act appropriation to 53 provide one percent of the required two percent increase. 54 Additionally, for the current fiscal year, a local school district board of trustees must increase the salary 55 compensation for all eligible certified teachers employed by the district by an amount equal to a step on the 56 salary schedule for any teacher entering the twenty-third year if the district’s salary schedule does not go PAGE 20 1 beyond twenty-two years. Application of this provision must be applied uniformly for all eligible certified 2 teachers. If a school district believes it will be unable to provide the required additional step without 3 incurring a deficit, it may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver from this requirement. 4 For purposes of this provision teachers shall be defined by the Department of Education using the 5 Professional Certified Staff (PCS) System. 6 1.80. (SDE: Facilities Tracking System and Assessment Assistance) Of the funds appropriated to the 7 department for Facilities Assessments and Efficiency Studies, the department is directed to issue a RFP to 8 contract with one or more vendors to complete the reviews. The Facilities Assessments shall include, at a 9 minimum: (1) facilities use and management; (2) energy management; (3) site review when needed; and (4) 10 any technology needs and infrastructure as aligned to the district technology plan and the district technology 11 assessment. The Efficiency Studies shall include, at a minimum: (1) overhead; (2) human resources; (3) 12 procurement; (4) financial management; and (5) transportation and must be aligned to any diagnostic review 13 that may be conducted in the district to avoid duplication. The Assessments and Studies shall be first 14 conducted in school districts which are or were the Abbeville Plaintiff District and prioritized according to 15 the prior year poverty index and for districts that have not had an efficiency study or facility assessment 16 completed in the last two years. The completed Assessments and Studies shall be provided to each local 17 school board of trustees and shall inform funding decisions for facilities and potential school or district 18 consolidation. The department shall make the Assessments and the Studies available on the department 19 website. 20 1.81. (SDE: Assistance Funding) For the current fiscal year, any funds appropriated to the Department 21 of Education to assist districts that are or were Plaintiffs in the Abbeville law suit and funding appropriated 22 to the department to provide technical assistance to underperforming districts may not be transferred to any 23 other program, are not subject to flexibility, and may be carried forward and expended for the same 24 purposes. 25 1.82. (SDE: Reporting and Procurement) Any state agency or school for which the department acts as 26 the fiscal agent must comply with any state and federal reporting requirements using agency procedures and 27 shall follow all state procurement laws. 28 1.83. (SDE: Abbeville Equity Districts Comprehensive Report) Of the appropriations and provision of 29 services that are provided in the current fiscal year’s budget for the Abbeville equity districts, the 30 Department of Education must submit a comprehensive report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2017 31 2018 on the current allocation of funds to the Abbeville equity districts and the provision of services to these 32 districts. 33 1.84. (SDE: Coding Computer Science Curriculum) Of the funds appropriated to the department for 34 coding computer science, the department shall develop or secure a basic computer science course that must 35 include grade appropriate computer science standards that include computational thinking and computer 36 coding for grades 9-12. Experts and officials from higher education, business and industry must be included 37 in the development of the standards. The department shall support K-12 academic and computer science 38 teachers in designing interdisciplinary units and instructional practices that engage students in applying 39 literacy, math, and computational thinking skills to solve problems. The department shall recommend 40 introductory keyboarding and computer skills be taught in elementary and primary schools. 41 1.85. (SDE: Military Child Care Centers) During the current fiscal year, South Carolina First Steps to 42 School Readiness may extend four-year-old kindergarten provider eligibility to military child care settings 43 regulated by the United States Department of Defense. 44 1.86. (SDE: First Steps 4K Underserved Communities) Using funds appropriated for the Child Early 45 Reading and Development Education Program, South Carolina First Steps shall develop a pilot program to 46 expand four-year-old kindergarten enrollment within underserved communities. Newly-created and/or 47 newly-approved private providers in communities enrolling less than 80% of eligible students in a public, 48 private, or Head Start setting during the prior fiscal year, may receive up to $30,000 in supplemental, needs- 49 based incentives designed to address necessary building renovations, materials and staffing costs, and/or 50 other obstacles currently preventing their participation in the First Steps 4K program. First Steps shall 51 submit a report detailing its expenditures and expanded enrollment to the Chairman of the House Ways and 52 Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee by March 15, 2018. 53 1.87. (SDE: School Leadership) Of the funds appropriated to the department for Professional 54 Development, $400,000 shall be used to contract with a non-profit leadership development provider. The 55 provider must specialize in multiple assessments, executive coaching, and leadership development that 56 provides the skills necessary for a progressive career path in school leadership. PAGE 21 1.88. (SDE: CDEP Overpayment) School districts that received an overpayment of CDEP funds in school year 2015-16 due to a Department of Education calculation error shall not be required to return such overpayment to the Department of Education. The 1 Department of Education shall be prohibited from requiring school districts to return any such overpayment 2 of CDEP funds. 3 SECTION 1A - H630 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-EIA 4 5 1A.1. (SDE-EIA: Prohibition on Appropriation Transfers) The amounts appropriated herein for aid to 6 subdivisions or allocations to school districts shall not be transferred or reduced and must be expended in 7 accordance with the intent of the appropriation. However, transfers are authorized from allocations to school 8 districts or special line items with projected year-end excess appropriations above requirements, to 9 allocations to school districts or special line items with projected deficits in appropriations. 10 1A.2. (SDE-EIA: African-American History) Funds provided for the development of the African- 11 American History curricula may be carried forward into the current fiscal year. Funds that are currently a 12 salary line item will be reallocated for the development of instructional materials and programs and the 13 implementation of professional learning opportunities that promote African American history and culture. 14 For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18 not less than seventy percent of the funds carried forwarded must be 15 expended for the development of additional instructional materials by nonprofit organizations selected 16 through a grant process by the Department of Education. 17 1A.3. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Evaluations, Implementation/Education Oversight) The Department of 18 Education is directed to oversee the evaluation of teachers at the School for the Deaf and the Blind, the John 19 de la Howe School and the Department of Juvenile Justice under the ADEPT model. 20 1A.4. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Salaries/State Agencies) Each state agency which does not contain a school 21 district but has instructional personnel shall receive an appropriation as recommended by the Education 22 Oversight Committee and funded by the General Assembly for teacher salaries based on the following 23 formula: Each state agency shall receive such funds as are necessary to adjust the pay of all instructional 24 personnel to the appropriate salary provided by the salary schedules of the school district in which the 25 agency is located. Instructional personnel may include all positions which would be eligible for EIA 26 supplements in a public school district, and may at the discretion of the state agency, be defined to cover 27 curriculum development specialists, educational testing psychologists, psychological and guidance 28 counselors, and principals. The twelvemonth agricultural teachers located at Clemson University are to be 29 included in this allocation of funds for base salary increases. The South Carolina Governor’s School for the 30 Arts and Humanities and the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics are authorized 31 to increase the salaries of instructional personnel by an amount equal to the percentage increase given by the 32 School District in which they are both located. 33 Teacher salary increases recommended by the Education Oversight Committee and funded in this Act 34 shall be incorporated into each agency’s EIA appropriation contained in Section 1, VIII.E. 1A.5. (SDE-EIA: Work-Based Learning) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.A.1. for the Work- Based Learning Program, $75,000 shall be used by the State Department of Education to provide for regional professional development in contextual methodology techniques and integration of curriculum, and professional development in career guidance for teachers and guidance counselors and training mentors. Pilot-site delivery of contextual methodology training in mathematics will be supported by technology and hands-on lab activities. In addition, $500,000 shall be allocated for Regional Career Specialists. Each Regional Career Specialist shall (1) be housed within the regional centers/WIA geographic areas, (2) provide career development activities throughout all schools within the region, (3) be under the program supervision of the Office of Career and Technology Education, State Department of Education, and (4) adhere to an accountability and evaluation plan created by the Office of Career and 35 Technology Education, State Department of Education. The Office of Career and Technology Education, 36 State Department of Education, shall provide a report, in February of the current fiscal year to the Senate 37 Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on accomplishments of the Career 38 Counseling Specialists. Of the funds appropriated in the prior fiscal year, unexpended funds may be carried 39 forward to the current fiscal year and expended for the same purposes. 40 1A.6. (SDE-EIA: CHE/Teacher Recruitment) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. for 41 the Teacher Recruitment Program, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education shall distribute a PAGE 22 1 total of ninety-two percent to the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA- 2 South Carolina) for a state teacher recruitment program, of which at least seventy-eight percent must be used 3 for the Teaching Fellows Program specifically to provide scholarships for future teachers, and of which 4 twenty-two percent must be used for other aspects of the state teacher recruitment program, including the 5 Teacher Cadet Program and $166,302 which must be used for specific programs to recruit minority teachers: 6 and shall distribute eight percent to South Carolina State University to be used only for the operation of a 7 minority teacher recruitment program and therefore shall not be used for the operation of their established 8 general education programs. Working with districts with an absolute rating of At-Risk or Below Average, 9 CERRA will provide shared initiatives to recruit and retain teachers to schools in these districts. CERRA 10 will report annually by October first to the Education Oversight Committee and the Department of Education 11 on the success of the recruitment and retention efforts in these schools. The South Carolina Commission on 12 Higher Education shall ensure that all funds are used to promote teacher recruitment on a statewide basis, 13 shall ensure the continued coordination of efforts among the three teacher recruitment projects, shall review 14 the use of funds and shall have prior program and budget approval. The South Carolina State University 15 program, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education, shall extend beyond the geographic area 16 it currently serves. Annually, the Commission on Higher Education shall evaluate the effectiveness of each 17 of the teacher recruitment projects and shall report its findings and its program and budget recommendations 18 to the House and Senate Education Committees, the State Board of Education and the Education Oversight 19 Committee by October first annually, in a format agreed upon by the Education Oversight Committee and 20 the Department of Education. 21 With the funds appropriated CERRA shall also appoint and maintain the South Carolina Teacher Loan 22 Advisory Committee. The Committee shall be composed of one member representing each of the following: 23 (1) Commission on Higher Education; (2) State Board of Education; (3) Education Oversight Committee; (4) 24 Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement; (5) South Carolina Student Loan 25 Corporation; (6) South Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators; (7) a local school 26 district human resources officer; (8) a public higher education institution with an approved teacher education 27 program; and (9) a private higher education institution with an approved teacher education program. The 28 members of the committee representing the public and private higher education institutions shall rotate 29 among those intuitions and shall serve a twoyear term on the committee. The committee must be staffed by 30 CERRA, and shall meet at least twice annually. The committee’s responsibilities are limited to: (1) 31 establishing goals for the Teacher Loan Program; (2) facilitating communication among the cooperating 32 agencies; (3) advocating for program participants; and (4) recommending policies and procedures necessary 33 to promote and maintain the program. 34 1A.7. (SDE-EIA: Disbursements/Other Entities) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2-7-66 35 and 11-3-50, South Carolina Code of Laws, it is the intent of the General Assembly that funds appropriated 36 in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. Other State Agencies and Entities shall be disbursed on a quarterly basis by the 37 Department of Revenue directly to the state agencies and entities referenced except for the Teacher Loan 38 Program, Centers of Excellence, the Education Oversight Committee and School Technology, which shall 39 receive their full appropriation at the start of the fiscal year from available revenue. The Comptroller 40 General’s Office is authorized to make necessary appropriation reductions in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. to 41 prevent duplicate appropriations. If the Education Improvement Act appropriations in the agency and entity 42 respective sections of the General Appropriations Act at the start of the fiscal year do not agree with the 43 appropriations in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. Other State Agencies and Entities, the “other funds” 44 appropriations in the respective agency and entity sections of the General Appropriations Act will be 45 adjusted by the Comptroller General’s Office to conform to the appropriations in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. 46 Other State Agencies and Entities. Further, the Department of Revenue is directed to provide the full 47 appropriation of the funding appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.C.2. Teacher Supplies to the 48 Department of Education at the start of the fiscal year from available revenue. The Department of Revenue 49 is also directed to provide the first quarter appropriation of the funding appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, 50 VIII.G. Charter School District to the Department of Education at the start of the fiscal year from available 51 revenue. 52 1A.8. (SDE-EIA: Arts in Education) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.A.1. Arts Curricula 53 shall be used to support innovative practices in arts education curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the 54 visual and performing arts including dance, music, theatre, and visual arts which incorporates strengths from 55 the Arts in Education sites. They shall also be used to support the advancement of the implementation of the 56 visual and performing arts academic standards. These funds shall be distributed to schools and school PAGE 23 1 districts under a competitive grants program; however, up to thirtythree percent of the total amount of the 2 grant fund shall be made available as “Aid to Other Agencies” to facilitate the funding of professional 3 development arts institutes that have been approved by the State Department of Education for South Carolina 4 arts teachers, appropriate classroom teachers, and administrators. Arts Curricular Grants funds may be 5 retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year to be expended in accordance with the proposed 6 award. 7 1A.9. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Supplies) All certified and non-certified public school teachers identified in 8 PCS, certified special school classroom teachers, certified media specialists, certified guidance counselors, 9 and career specialists who are employed by a school district, a charter school, or lead teachers employed in a 10 publically funded full day 4K classroom approved by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness, as 11 of November thirtieth of the current fiscal year, based on the public decision of the school board may receive 12 reimbursement of two hundred seventy-five dollars each school year to offset expenses incurred by them for 13 teaching supplies and materials. Funds shall be disbursed by the department to School districts by July 14 fifteenth based on the last reconciled Professional Certified Staff (PCS) listing from the previous year. With 15 remaining funds for this program, any deviation in the PCS and actual teacher count will be reconciled by 16 December thirty-first or as soon as practicable thereafter. Based on the public decision of the school district 17 and no later than May 15 annually, the district shall notify all individuals entitled to receive these funds the 18 manner in which the funds will be dispersed. these funds shall Funds may be disbursed to each teacher via 19 check in a manner separate and distinct from their payroll check on the first day teachers, by contract, are 20 required to be in attendance at school for the current contract year, or the funds may be disbursed to each 21 teacher via direct deposit as long as the funds are handled in a manner to be separate and distinct from their 22 payroll check. Funds may also be disbursed using a prepaid card on the first day teachers, by contract, are 23 required to be in attendance at school for the current contract year. Upon request of the teacher, a school 24 district must give the teacher the option of being reimbursed by a debit card. This reimbursement These 25 funds shall not be considered by the state as taxable income. Special schools include the Governor’s School 26 for Science and Math, the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity 27 School, John de la Howe School, School for the Deaf and the Blind, Felton Lab, Department of Juvenile 28 Justice, and Palmetto Unified School District. Funds distributed to school districts or allocated to schools 29 must not supplant existing supply money paid to teachers from other sources. If a school district requires 30 receipts for tax purposes the receipts may not be required before December thirtyfirst. Districts that do not 31 wish to require receipts may have teachers retain the receipts and certify for the district they have received 32 the allocation for purchase of teaching supplies and/or materials and that they have purchased or will 33 purchase supplies and/or materials during the fiscal year for the amount of the allocation. Districts shall not 34 have an audit exception related to non-retention of receipts in any instances where a similar instrument is 35 utilized. Any district requiring receipts must notify any teacher from whom receipts have not been submitted 36 between November twenty-fifth and December sixth that receipts must be submitted to the district. Districts 37 may not add any additional requirement not listed herein related to this reimbursement these funds. 38 Any classroom teacher, including a classroom teacher at a South Carolina private school, that is not 39 eligible for the reimbursement funds allowed by this provision, may claim a refundable income tax credit on 40 the teacher’s 2016 2017 tax return, provided that the return or any amended return claiming the credit is filed 41 prior to the end of the fiscal year. The credit is equal to two hundred seventy-five dollars, or the amount the 42 teacher expends on teacher supplies and materials, whichever is less. If any expenditures eligible for a credit 43 are made after December thirtyfirst, the teacher may include the expenditures on his initial return or may file 44 an amended 2016 2017 return claiming the credit, so long as the return or amended return is filed in this 45 fiscal year. The Department of Revenue may require whatever proof it deems necessary to implement the 46 credit provided by this part of this provision. Any person receiving the reimbursement funds provided by 47 this proviso is ineligible to take the income tax credit allowed by this proviso. 48 1A.10. (SDE-EIA: Teacher of the Year Awards) Of the funds provided herein for Teacher of the Year 49 Awards, each district Teacher of the Year shall receive an award of $1,000. In addition, the State Teacher of 50 the Year shall receive an award of $25,000, and each of the four Honor Roll Teachers of the Year will 51 receive an award of $10,000. To be eligible, districts must participate in the State Teacher of the Year 52 Program sponsored by the State Department of Education. These awards shall not be subject to South 53 Carolina income taxes. 54 1A.11. (SDE-EIA: EOC) The Education Oversight Committee may collect, retain and expend revenue 55 from conference registration and fees; charges for materials supplied to local school districts or other entities 56 not otherwise mandated to be provided by state law; and from other activities or functions sponsored by the PAGE 24 1 committee including public awareness campaign activities. Any unexpended revenue from these sources 2 may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the same purposes. 3 1A.12. (SDE-EIA: Technical Assistance) In order to best meet the needs of underperforming schools, 4 funds appropriated for technical assistance must be used to provide intensive support to schools and districts 5 with an absolute rating of below average or at-risk on the most recent annual school report card or with the 6 lowest percentages of students meeting state standards on state assessments on the most recent state 7 assessments or with the lowest high school graduation rates. The department will create a system of tiers of 8 technical assistance for low-performing schools and districts that will receive technical assistance. The tiers 9 will be determined by factors that include, but are not limited to, length of time performance of the school or 10 district has been at-risk/below average, annual achievement ratings, annual growth ratings, school or district 11 accreditation, and/or financial risk status. The tiers of technical assistance may include a per student 12 allocation, placement of a principal mentor, transformation coach, instructional leader, replacement of the 13 principal, reconstitution of a school, and declaration of a state of emergency. Low-performing schools and 14 districts shall be placed within the tiered technical assistance framework not later than December fifteenth. 15 Low-performing schools shall receive a diagnostic review through the department. In addition, newly 16 identified low-performing schools and districts must be reviewed by an External Review Team in the year of 17 designation, and every third year thereafter. These reports shall be made available on the Department of 18 Education’s website; any information pertaining to personnel matters or containing personally identifiable 19 information shall be exempted. Based upon the recommendations in the review(s), low-performing schools 20 and districts must develop and submit to the Department of Education an updated school renewal or district 21 strategic plan outlining goals for improvements. The amended plans must address specific strategies 22 designed to increase student achievement and must include measures to evaluate the success of 23 implementation of the plan. 24 With the funds appropriated to the Department of Education, and any experts placed in the school or 25 district for technical assistance services, the department will assist low-performing schools and districts in 26 designing and implementing the strategies and measurement identified in the amended plans and in 27 brokering for technical assistance personnel as stipulated in the plan. In addition, the department must 28 monitor student academic achievement and progress on implementation and report their findings to the 29 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the 30 Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works 31 Committee, the local legislative delegation, and the Governor in the fall following the school or district 32 designation as low-performing. If the school or school district does not provide the evaluation information 33 necessary to determine effective use, the principal of the school or the district superintendent may be subject 34 to receiving a public reprimand by the State Board of Education if it is determined that those individuals are 35 responsible for the failure to provide the required information. 36 Funds must be used by the department for implementation and delivery of technical assistance services. 37 Using previous report card data and monitoring reports on the status of implementation of the school renewal 38 plan, the department shall identify priority schools. Funds appropriated for technical assistance shall be used 39 by the department to work with those schools identified as low-performing and to support priority schools 40 under the tiered system. These funds shall not be transferred to any other funding category by the school 41 district without prior approval of the State Superintendent of Education and funds are not subject to agency 42 flexibility provisions. 43 Reconstitution means the redesign or reorganization of the school, which may include the declaration that 44 all positions in the school are considered vacant. Certified staff currently employed in priority schools must 45 undergo an evaluation in the spring following the school’s identification as a priority school and must meet 46 determined goals to be rehired and continue their employment at that school. Educators who were employed 47 at a school that is being reconstituted prior to July 2009 and to whom the employment and dismissal laws 48 apply will not lose their rights in the reconstitution. If they are not rehired or are not assigned to another 49 school in the school district they have the opportunity for a hearing. However, employment and dismissal 50 laws shall not apply to educators who are employed in the district and assigned to the priority schools July 1, 51 2009, in the event of a reconstitution of the school in which the educator is employed. Those rights are only 52 suspended in the event of a reconstitution of the entire school staff. Additionally, the rights and requirements 53 of the employment and dismissal laws do not apply to educators who on July 1, 2009 were on an induction or 54 annual contract, that subsequently were offered continuing contract status after the effective date of this 55 proviso, and are employed at a school that is subject to reconstitution under this proviso. PAGE 25 1 The reconstitution of a school could take place if the school has been identified as a priority school that 2 has failed to improve satisfactorily. The decision to reconstitute a school shall be made by the State 3 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the principal the school board of trustees, and the district 4 superintendent. The decision to reconstitute a school shall be made by April first, at which time notice shall 5 be given to all employees of the school. The department, in consultation with the district superintendent, 6 shall develop a staffing plan and a budget for each reconstituted school. 7 The State Superintendent of Education may declare a state of emergency in a district if the accreditation 8 status is probation or denied, if a majority of the schools fail to show improvement, if the district is classified 9 as being in “high risk” status financially, or for financial mismanagement resulting in a deficit. The State 10 Superintendent of Education may declare a state of emergency in a school if the accreditation status is 11 probation or denied, or if the school fails to show improvement. Upon declaration of a state of emergency, 12 the Superintendent may take over management of the school or district. Management of the school or 13 district may include direct management, consolidation with another district, charter management, 14 public/private management, or contracting with an educational management organization or another school 15 district. 16 1A.13. (SDE-EIA: Proviso Allocations) In the event an official EIA revenue shortfall is declared by the 17 Board of Economic Advisors, the Department of Education may reduce any allocation in Section 1A 18 specifically designated by proviso in accordance with the lower Board of Economic Advisors revenue 19 estimate as directed by the Executive Budget Office. No allocation for teacher salaries shall be reduced as a 20 result of this proviso. 21 1A.14. (SDE-EIA: School Districts and Special Schools Flexibility) All school districts and special 22 schools of this State may transfer and expend funds among appropriated state general fund revenues, 23 Education Improvement Act funds, Education Lottery Act funds, and funds received from the Children’s 24 Education Endowment Fund for school facilities and fixed equipment assistance, to ensure the delivery of 25 academic and arts instruction to students. However, a school district may not transfer funds allocated 26 specifically for state level maintenance of effort requirements under IDEA, funds allocated specifically for 27 state level maintenance of effort requirement for federal program, funds provided for the Education and 28 Economic Development Act, funds provided for Career and Technology Education, nor required for debt 29 service or bonded indebtedness. All school districts and special schools of this State may suspend 30 professional staffing ratios and expenditure regulations and guidelines at the sub-function and service area 31 level, except for four-year old programs and programs serving students with disabilities who have 32 Individualized Education Programs. 33 In order for a school district to take advantage of the flexibility provisions, at least seventy-five percent of 34 the school district’s per pupil expenditures must be utilized within the In$ite categories of instruction, 35 instructional support, and only transportation, food service, and safety within non-instruction pupil services. 36 No portion of the seventy-five percent may be used for facilities, business services, debt service, capital 37 outlay, program management, and leadership services, as defined by In$ite. The school district shall report 38 to the Department of Education the actual percentage of its per pupil expenditures used for classroom 39 instruction, instructional support, and transportation, food service, and safety within non-instruction pupil 40 services for the current school year ending June thirtieth. Salaries of on-site principals must be included in 41 the calculation of the district’s per pupil expenditures. 42 “In$ite” means the financial analysis model for education programs utilized by the Department of 43 Education. 44 School districts are encouraged to reduce expenditures by means, including, but not limited to, limiting the 45 number of low enrollment courses, reducing travel for the staff and the school district’s board, reducing and 46 limiting activities requiring dues and memberships, reducing transportation costs for extracurricular and 47 academic competitions, restructuring administrative staffing, and expanding virtual instruction. 48 School districts and special schools may carry forward unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into 49 the current fiscal year. 50 Prior to implementing the flexibility authorized herein, school districts must provide to Public Charter 51 Schools the per pupil allocation due to them for each categorical program. 52 Quarterly throughout the current fiscal year, the chairman of each school district’s board and the 53 superintendent of each school district must certify where non-instructional or nonessential programs have 54 been suspended and the specific flexibility actions taken. The certification must be in writing, signed by the 55 chairman and the superintendent, delivered electronically to the State Superintendent of Education, and an 56 electronic copy forwarded to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate PAGE 26 1 Education Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the 2 House Education and Public Works Committee. Additionally, the certification must be presented publicly at 3 a regularly called school board meeting, and the certification must be conspicuously posted on the internet 4 website maintained by the school district. 5 For the current fiscal year, Section 59-21-1030 is suspended. Formative assessments for grades one, two, 6 and nine, the The foreign language program assessment, and the physical education assessment must be 7 suspended. School districts and the Department of Education are granted permission to purchase the most 8 economical type of bus fuel. 9 For the current fiscal year, savings generated from the suspension of the assessments enumerated above 10 must be allocated to school districts based on weighted pupil units. 11 School districts must maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended 12 over one hundred dollars, from whatever source, for whatever purpose. The register must be prominently 13 posted on the district’s internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. The 14 register must include for each expenditure: 15 (i) the transaction amount; 16 (ii) the name of the payee; and 17 (iii) a statement providing a detailed description of the expenditure. 18 The register must not include an entry for salary, wages, or other compensation paid to individual 19 employees. The register must not include any information that can be used to identify an individual 20 employee. The register must be accompanied by a complete explanation of any codes or acronyms used to 21 identify a payee or an expenditure. The register must be searchable and updated at least once a month. 22 Each school district must also maintain on its internet website a copy of each monthly statement for all of 23 the credit cards maintained by the entity, including credit cards issued to its officers or employees for official 24 use. The credit card number on each statement must be redacted prior to posting on the internet website. 25 Each credit card statement must be posted not later than the thirtieth day after the first date that any portion 26 of the balance due as shown on the statement is paid. 27 The Comptroller General must establish and maintain a website to contain the information required by this 28 section from a school district that does not maintain its own internet website. The internet website must be 29 organized so that the public can differentiate between the school districts and search for the information they 30 are seeking. 31 School districts that do not maintain an internet website must transmit all information required by this 32 provision to the Comptroller General in a manner and at a time determined by the Comptroller General to be 33 included on the internet website. 34 The provisions contained herein do not amend, suspend, supersede, replace, revoke, restrict, or otherwise 35 affect Chapter 4, Title 30, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. Nothing in this proviso shall be 36 interpreted as prohibiting the State Board of Education to exercise its authority to grant waivers under 37 Regulation 43-261. 38 1A.15. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Salary Supplement) The department is directed to carry forward prior year 39 unobligated teacher salary supplement and related employer contribution funds into the current fiscal year to 40 be used for the same purpose Abbeville Equity Districts Capital Improvement Plan pursuant to proviso 41 1A.50. Any unexpended funds in teacher salary supplement may be used to fund shortfalls in the associated 42 employer contribution funding in the current fiscal year. 43 1A.16. (SDE-EIA: Dropout Prevention and High Schools That Work Programs) The Department of 44 Education must report annually by December first, to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance 45 Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Education 46 Committee, and the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee on the effectiveness of 47 dropout prevention programs funded by the Education and Economic Development Act and on the High 48 Schools that Work Programs’ progress and effectiveness in providing a better prepared workforce and 49 student success in post-secondary education. The department, school districts, and special schools may carry 50 forward unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal that were allocated for High 51 Schools That Work. 52 1A.17. (SDE-EIA: Assessment) The department is authorized to carry forward into the current fiscal 53 year, prior year state assessment funds for the same purpose. Reimbursements shall resume in the current 54 fiscal year for The Department of Education shall contract with the test publishers for the administration of 55 PSAT, pre-ACT or 10th grade Aspire required in Section 59-18-340 of the 1976 Code. PAGE 27 1 1A.18. (SDE-EIA: Report Card Information) The percentage each school district expended on classroom 2 instruction as defined by the Department of Education’s In$ite classification for “Instruction” must be 3 printed on the Annual School and District Report Card. 4 1A.19. (SDE-EIA: Core Curriculum Materials) The funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.A.3 for 5 instructional materials for core curriculum shall be expended consistent with the requirements of Section 59- 6 31-600 of the 1976 Code requiring the development of higher order thinking skills and critical thinking 7 which should be integrated throughout the core curriculum instructional materials. Furthermore, the 8 evaluation criteria used to select instructional materials with funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, 9 VIII.A.3 shall include a weight of up to ten percent of the overall criteria to the development of higher order 10 thinking skills and critical thinking. 11 1A.20. (SDE-EIA: Certified Staff Technology Proficiency) To ensure the effective and efficient use of 12 the funding provided by the General Assembly in Part IA, Section 1 VIII.D. for school technology in the 13 classroom and internet access, the State Department of Education shall approve district technology plans that 14 specifically address and incorporate certified staff technology competency standards and local school 15 districts must require certified staff to demonstrate proficiency in these standards as part of each certified 16 staff’s Professional Development plan. District adopted technology proficiency standards and plans should 17 be, at minimum, aligned to the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) teacher standards. 18 Evidence that districts are meeting the requirement is a prerequisite to expenditure of a district’s technology 19 funds. 20 1A.21. (SDE-EIA: Accountability Program Implementation) To support implementation of the 21 accountability program, the Education Oversight Committee may carry forward unexpended Education 22 Accountability Act funds authorized specifically for the administration of the Education Oversight Committee. 23 For the current fiscal year the Education Oversight Committee may carry forward prior year EIA South 24 Carolina Community Block Grants for Education Pilot Program funds not awarded by the grant committee. 25 These funds must be used for an independent common evaluation of each awarded grant to ensure high quality 26 programs that maximize a return on the state’s investment. 27 1A.22. (SDE-EIA: 4K Targeting) EIA funds allocated for the provision of four-year-old kindergarten 28 shall be utilized for the provision of services to age-eligible children qualifying for free or reduced-price 29 lunch or Medicaid. Children with developmental delays documented through state approved screening 30 assessments or children with medically documented disabilities who do not already qualify for special need 31 services should also be considered for enrollment. In the event that more students seek to enroll than 32 available space permits, districts shall prioritize students (at the time of acceptance) on the basis of family 33 income expressed as a percentage of the federal poverty guidelines, with the lowest family incomes given the 34 highest enrollment priority. 35 1A.23. (SDE-EIA: Reading) Of the funds appropriated for reading/literacy, the Department of Education, 36 schools, and districts shall ensure that resources are utilized to improve student achievement in 37 reading/literacy. To focus on the importance of early reading and writing skills and to ensure that all 38 students acquire reading/literacy skills by the end of grade three, fifty percent of the appropriation shall be 39 directed toward acquisition of reading proficiency to include, but not be limited to, strategies in phonemic 40 awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Forty percent of the appropriation shall be 41 directed toward classroom instruction and intervention to focus on struggling readers and writers in grades 42 four through eight. Ten percent of the appropriation should be directed toward acceleration to provide 43 additional opportunities for deepening and refinement of literacy skills. 44 Fifty percent of the funds shall be allocated to school districts based on the number of weighted pupil units 45 in each school district in proportion to the statewide weighted pupil units using the one hundred thirty-five 46 day count of the prior school year. Fifty percent of the funds shall be allocated to the Department of 47 Education to provide districts with research-based strategies and professional development and to work 48 directly with schools and districts to assist with implementation of research-based strategies. When providing 49 professional development the department and school districts must use the most cost effective method and 50 when able utilize ETV to provide such services throughout the state. The department shall provide for an 51 evaluation to review first year implementation activities and to establish measurements for monitoring 52 impact on student achievement. 53 1A.24. (SDE-EIA: Students at Risk of School Failure) For the current fiscal year, EIA funds appropriated 54 for students at academic risk of school failure, must be allocated to school districts based two factors: (1) 55 poverty as determined for the poverty add on weight in Proviso 1.3; and (2) the number of weighted pupil 56 units identified in the prior fiscal year as in need of academic assistance on the number of weighted pupil PAGE 28 1 units in the district. At least eighty-five percent of the funds allocated for students classified as at academic 2 risk must be spent on instruction and instructional support for these students who generated the funds at 3 academic risk. Instructional support may include family literacy and parenting programs to students at-risk 4 for school failure and their families, and five percent of the funds must be spent on formative assessments for 5 students in kindergarten through grade 9. Students at academic risk are defined as students who score not 6 met on are not meeting grade level standards in English language arts/reading and mathematics as 7 evidenced by summative state assessments in grades three through eight in reading and mathematics state 8 assessments or students who are not on track to meeting or exceeding English language arts/reading or 9 mathematics standards by the end of third grade. Public charter schools, the Palmetto Unified School 10 District, and the Department of Juvenile Justice must also receive a proportionate per pupil allocation based 11 on the number of students at academic risk of school failure served. 12 1A.25. (SDE-EIA: Professional Development) Of the funds appropriated for professional development, 13 up to $500,000 may be expended for gifted and talented teacher endorsement and certification activities. 14 The balance of EIA funds appropriated for professional development must be allocated to districts based on 15 the number of weighted pupil units in each school district in proportion to the statewide weighted pupil units 16 using the one hundred thirty-five day count of the prior school year. The funds must be expended on 17 professional development for certificated instructional and instructional leadership personnel in grades 18 kindergarten through twelve across all content areas, including teaching in and through the arts and using 19 technology in classroom instruction. No more than twenty-five percent of the funds appropriated for 20 professional development may be retained by the Department of Education for the administration and 21 provision of other professional development services which must be targeted to districts who are or were the 22 original trial and plaintiff school districts in the Abbeville law suit to increase the capacity of educators and 23 leaders in those districts. The Department of Education must provide professional development on assessing 24 student mastery of the content standards through classroom, formative and end-of-year assessments. The 25 Department of Education also must post on the agency’s website the South Carolina Professional 26 Development Standards and provide training through telecommunication methods to school leadership on 27 the professional development standards. The department is authorized to carry forward and expend 28 professional development funds for the same purpose. 29 1A.26. (SDE-EIA: Assessments-Gifted & Talented, Advanced Placement, & International Baccalaureate 30 Exams) Of the funds Funds appropriated and/or authorized for assessment, up to $5,400,000 shall be used 31 for assessments to determine eligibility of students for gifted and talented programs and for the cost of 32 Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams. 33 1A.27. (SDE-EIA: Adult Education) A minimum of thirty percent of the funds appropriated for adult 34 education must be allocated to school districts to serve adult education students between the ages of 35 seventeen and twenty-one who are enrolled in programs leading to a state high school diploma, state high 36 school equivalency diploma (GED), or career readiness certificate (WorkKeys). The remaining funds will be 37 allocated to districts based on a formula which includes factors such as target populations without a high 38 school credential, program enrollment the previous school year, number of students making an educational 39 gain the previous school year, and performance factors such as number of high school credentials and career 40 readiness certificates awarded the previous school year. Overall levels of state funding must meet the federal 41 requirement of state maintenance of effort. Each school district must collect information from both the 42 student and the school including why the student has enrolled in Adult Education and whether or not the 43 student is pursuing a GED or Diploma. The school district must then provide a quarterly report to the 44 Department of Education and must include the unique student identifier. The department, in turn, will 45 provide summary information to the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and Public 46 Works Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Education Committee on the information. 47 Up to a maximum of $300,000, of funds may be used to establish an initiative by which qualifying adult 48 education students may qualify for a free high school equivalency test. The Department of Education shall 49 establish guidelines for the free high school equivalency testing initiative. 50 1A.28. (SDE-EIA: Clemson Agriculture Education Teachers) The funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 51 VIII.E. for Clemson Agriculture Education Teachers must be transferred to Clemson University PSA to fund 52 summer employment of agriculture teachers and to cover statemandated salary increases on that portion of 53 the agriculture teachers’ salaries attributable to summer employment. If sufficient funds remain, Clemson 54 University PSA may utilize such funds for a Regional Coordinator. 55 1A.29. (SDE-EIA: Incentive for National Board Certification After June 30, 2010) Public school 56 classroom teachers to include teachers employed at the special schools or classroom teachers who work with PAGE 29 1 classroom teachers to include teachers employed at the special schools who are certified by the State Board 2 of Education and who complete the application process on or after July 1, 2010 shall be paid a $5,000 salary 3 supplement in the year of achieving certification. The special schools include the Governor’s School for 4 Science and Math, Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, John 5 de la Howe School, School for the Deaf and the Blind, Felton Lab, Department of Juvenile Justice and 6 Palmetto Unified School District 1. The $5,000 salary supplement shall be added to the annual pay of the 7 teacher, not to exceed ten years of the national certificate. However, the $5,000 supplement shall be adjusted 8 on a pro rata basis for the teacher’s FTE and paid to the teacher in accordance with the district’s payroll 9 procedure. The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA-South Carolina) 10 shall administer whereby teachers who are United States citizens or permanent resident aliens apply to the 11 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for certification on or after July 1, 2010. Should the 12 program not be suspended, up to nine hundred applications shall be processed annually. Of the funds 13 appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.C.2. for National Board Certification, the Department of Education 14 shall transfer to the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA-South 15 Carolina) the funds necessary for the administration of teachers applying to the National Board for 16 Professional Teaching Standards for certification. 17 1A.30. (SDE-EIA: Full-Day 4K) Eligible students residing in a school district that met the poverty level 18 for participation in the prior school year are eligible to participate in the South Carolina Early Reading 19 Development and Education Program in the current school year. Public and private providers will be 20 reimbursed shall be funded for instructional costs at a rate of $4,323 $4,422 per student enrolled. Eligible 21 students enrolling during the school year or withdrawing during the school year shall be funded on a pro rata 22 basis determined by the length of their enrollment. Private providers transporting eligible children to and 23 from school shall also be eligible for a reimbursement of $550 $563 per eligible child transported. All 24 providers who are reimbursed are required to retain records as required by their fiscal agent. New providers 25 participating for the first time in the current fiscal year and enrolling between one and six eligible children 26 shall be eligible to receive up to $1,000 per child in materials and equipment funding, with providers 27 enrolling seven or more such children eligible for funding not to exceed $10,000. Providers receiving 28 equipment funding are expected to participate in the program and provide high-quality, center-based 29 programs as defined herein for a minimum of three years. Failure to participate for three years will require 30 the provider to return a portion of the equipment allocation at a level determined by the Department of 31 Education and the Office of First Steps to School Readiness. Funding to providers is contingent upon receipt 32 of data as requested by the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps. The Department of 33 Education shall only provide funding for public school students whose complete records have been entered 34 into PowerSchool. 35 The South Carolina Early Reading Development and Education Program continues to operate annually 36 with unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year. Therefore, for the current fiscal year, if the Department 37 of Education or the Office of First Steps determine that carry forward funds and appropriations exist to 38 serve additional eligible children, the Department of Education or the Office of First Steps are authorized to 39 expand services to eligible children who reside in school districts that are contiguous to school districts that 40 met the poverty level for participation in the prior school year. The Department of Education and Office of 41 First Steps must report to the General Assembly by October 1 on the estimated number of children to be 42 served. 43 Annually, the Department of Education is directed to audit the annual allocations to public providers to 44 ensure that allocations are accurate and aligned to the appropriate pro rata per student allocation, 45 materials, and equipment funding. In the event the department, during the audit process determines that the 46 annual allocations of the prior fiscal year are not accurate, the department must adjust the allocations for 47 the current fiscal year to account for the audit findings. The department must provide the results of the 48 annual audit findings to the General Assembly no later than December 1. Likewise, in the event the Office of 49 First Steps determines that the annual allocations of the prior fiscal year to private providers are not 50 accurate, the Office of First Steps must adjust the allocations for the current fiscal year to account for the 51 findings. 52 Of the funds appropriated, $300,000 shall be allocated to the Education Oversight Committee to conduct 53 an annual evaluation of the South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program and to issue 54 findings in a report to the General Assembly by January fifteenth of each year. To aid in this evaluation, the 55 Education Oversight Committee shall determine the data necessary and both public and private providers are 56 required to submit the necessary data as a condition of continued participation in and funding of the program. PAGE 30 1 This data shall include developmentally appropriate measures of student progress. Additionally, the 2 Department of Education shall issue a unique student identifier for each child receiving services from a 3 private provider. The Department of Education shall be responsible for the collection and maintenance of 4 data on the public state funded full day and half-day four-year-old kindergarten programs. The Office of 5 First Steps to School Readiness shall be responsible for the collection and maintenance of data on the state 6 funded programs provided through private providers. The Education Oversight Committee shall use this 7 data and all other collected and maintained data necessary to conduct a research based review of the 8 program’s implementation and assessment of student success in the early elementary grades. 9 1A.31. (SDE-EIA: Aid to Districts) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.A.1. Aid to Districts 10 shall be dispersed to school districts based on the number of weighted pupil units. 11 1A.32. (SDE-EIA: Centers of Excellence) Of the funds appropriated for Centers of Excellence, $350,000 12 must be allocated to the Francis Marion University Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of 13 Poverty to expand statewide training for individuals who teach children of poverty through weekend college, 14 nontraditional or alternative learning opportunities. 15 1A.33. (SDE-EIA: IDEA Maintenance of Effort) Prior to the dispersal of funds appropriated in Section 16 VIII.A.1. Aid to Districts according to Proviso 1A.31 for the current fiscal year, the department shall direct 17 funds appropriated in Section VIII.A.1. Aid To Districts to school districts and special schools for 18 supplemental support of programs and services for students with disabilities, to meet the estimated 19 maintenance of effort for IDEA or to resolve pending litigation concerning the IDEA maintenance of effort. 20 Funds provided for these purposes may not be transferred to any other purpose and therefore are not subject 21 to flexibility. In the event that there is a reduction in state funds or there are changes in the Education 22 Finance Act/Base Student Cost formula that would reduce support for children with disabilities, the 23 Department of Education is authorized to utilize funds appropriated in Section VIII.A.1. Aid to Districts to 24 ensure maintenance of state financial support for the IDEA. The department shall distribute these funds 25 using the current fiscal year one hundred thirty-five day Average Daily Membership or as directed in any 26 litigation settlement agreement by the United Stated Department of Education. For continued compliance 27 with the federal maintenance of efforts state financial support requirements of the IDEA, funding for 28 children with disabilities must, to the extent practicable, be held harmless to budget cuts or reductions to the 29 extent those funds are required to meet federal maintenance of effort state financial support requirements 30 under the IDEA. In the event cuts to funds that are needed to maintain fiscal effort are necessary, when 31 administering such cuts, the department must not reduce funding to support children with disabilities who 32 qualify for services under the IDEA in a manner that is disproportionate to the level of overall reduction to 33 state programs in general. By December 1, 2016, the department must submit an estimate of the IDEA MOE 34 maintenance of state financial support requirement to the General Assembly and the Governor. For the 35 current fiscal year, the department may carry forward IDEA Maintenance of Effort funds from the prior 36 fiscal year and expend them in the same manner. 37 1A.34. (SDE-EIA: Career Cluster Industry Partnerships) From the funds appropriated to the Department 38 of Education, $800,000 must be provided as direct grants to the private sector statewide trade association or 39 educational foundation providing nationally certified programs in career and technology education 40 representing the automotive, construction, engineering, healthcare, mechanical contracting/construction, and 41 hospitality tourism career clusters. Organizations applying for a grant must do so by July thirty-first and the 42 Department of Education must award a minimum of one grant of at least $150,000 in at least four of these 43 specified career clusters to be used exclusively for career and technology education. The recipient industry 44 organization must conduct end-of-course exams graded by a national industry organization and must include 45 in their grant request how the money will be spent in direct support of students to further industry-specific 46 career technology education; a description and history of their program nationally and within South Carolina; 47 estimates of future employment growth in their industry; and the national scope of their program. By August 48 first of the following year, the organization must submit to the department a report detailing how the grant 49 increased industry/employer awareness; the number of increased schools using the industry-based curriculum 50 and partnered with the industry organization; the increased number of students in the program; and an 51 overview and analysis of the organization’s statewide student competition. The grant must be used for career 52 awareness programs for that industry cluster; statewide student competitions leading to national 53 competitions; teacher development and training; postsecondary scholarships in industry-specific degree 54 programs; student recruitment into that career cluster programs; programs to educate middle and high school 55 Career or Guidance Counselors about the industry; service to disadvantaged youth; and administering 56 business/employer awareness and partnerships which help lead to experience-based, career-oriented PAGE 31 1 experiences including internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-op education and service learning. The 2 Office of Career and Technology Education of the department will develop goals with each career cluster on 3 the number of new schools using the industry-based curriculum and partnered with that career cluster 4 organization. These funds may not be used to supplant or replace, in whole or in part, other existing 5 resources/assets sourced outside the present grant being used to provide the same services or programs. 6 Organizations may carry-over grants for up to three years when a large project is identified in the grant 7 application to be used at a future date; otherwise excess funds must be returned to the state. Organizations 8 awarded must submit a semi-annual programmatic and financial report on the last day of December in 9 addition to the final report due August first that has been audited by a third party accounting firm. 10 1A.35. (SDE-EIA: Partnerships/Other Agencies & Entities) For the current fiscal year, agencies and other 11 entities receiving funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E. will continue to report annually to the 12 Education Oversight Committee (EOC). Any entity receiving funds that must flow through a state agency 13 will receive those funds through the EOC. The EOC will make funding recommendations to the Governor 14 and General Assembly as part of the agency’s annual budget request. 15 1A.36. (SDE-EIA: ETV Teacher Training/Support) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, 16 VIII.E. South Carolina Educational Television must provide training and technical support on the 17 educational resources available to teachers and school districts. 18 1A.37. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Salaries/SE Average) The projected Southeastern average teacher salary shall 19 be the average of the average teachers’ salaries of the southeastern states as projected by the Revenue and 20 Fiscal Affairs Office. For the current school year the Southeastern average teacher salary is projected to be 21 $51,495 $51,966. The General Assembly remains desirous of raising the average teacher salary in South 22 Carolina through incremental increases over the next few years so as to make such equivalent to the national 23 average teacher salary. 24 The statewide minimum teacher salary schedule used in Fiscal Year 2012-13 2016-17 will continue to be 25 used in Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18 and be increased by two percent. 26 Additionally, for the current fiscal year, a local school district board of trustees must increase the salary 27 compensation for all eligible certified teachers employed by the district by no less than one year of 28 experience credit using the district salary schedule utilized the prior fiscal year as the basis for providing the 29 step. Application of this provision must be applied uniformly for all eligible certified teachers. 30 Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.C.2. for Teacher Salaries must be used to increase salaries 31 of those teachers eligible pursuant to Section 59-20-50(4)(b), to include classroom teachers, librarians, 32 guidance counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational and physical therapists, school nurses, 33 orientation/mobility instructors, and audiologists in the school districts of the state. 34 For purposes of this provision teachers shall be defined by the Department of Education using the 35 Professional Certified Staff (PCS) System. 36 1A.38. (SDE-EIA: PowerSchool Dropout Recovery Data) With the funds appropriated to the Department 37 of Education for PowerSchool and data collection, the department will begin in the current fiscal year to 38 collect data from schools and school districts on the number of students who had previously dropped out of 39 school and who reenrolled in a public school or adult education to pursue a high school diploma. The 40 Education Oversight Committee working with the Department of Education will determine how to calculate 41 a dropout recovery rate that will be reflected on the annual school and district report cards. 42 1A.39. (SDE-EIA: Assisting, Developing and Evaluating Professional Teaching -ADEPT) With funds 43 appropriated in the current fiscal year, the Department of Education, school districts, the Department of 44 Juvenile Justice and special schools of the state may continue implementation of the ADEPT program. 45 Governing boards of public institutions of higher education may provide by policy or regulation for a tuition 46 waiver for the tuition for one three-hour course at that institution for those public school teachers who serve 47 as supervisors for full-time students completing education degree requirements. Unexpended funds 48 appropriated for this purpose may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year 49 and expended for the same purposes. 50 1A.40. (SDE-EIA: National Board Certification Incentive) Public school classroom teachers to include 51 teachers employed at the special schools or classroom teachers who work with classroom teachers to include 52 teachers employed at the special schools who are certified by the State Board of Education and who have 53 been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or completed the application 54 process prior to July 1, 2010 shall be paid a $7,500 salary supplement beginning July first in the year 55 following the year of achieving certification, beginning with 2009 applicants. The special schools include 56 the Governor’s School for Science and Math, Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Wil Lou Gray PAGE 32 1 Opportunity School, John de la Howe School, School for the Deaf and the Blind, Felton Lab, Department of 2 Juvenile Justice and Palmetto Unified School District 1. The $7,500 salary supplement shall be added to the 3 annual pay of the teacher for the length of the national certificate. However, the $7,500 supplement shall be 4 adjusted on a pro rata basis for the teacher’s FTE and paid to the teacher in accordance with the district’s 5 payroll procedure. The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA-South 6 Carolina) shall administer the programs whereby teachers who are United States citizens or permanent 7 resident aliens, and who applied to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for certification 8 prior to July 1, 2010, may receive a loan equal to the amount of the application fee. Teachers who applied to 9 the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for certification prior to July 1, 2010 shall have one- 10 half of the loan principal amount and interest forgiven when the required portfolio is submitted to the 11 national board. Teachers who applied to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for 12 certification prior to July 1, 2010 who attain certification within three years of receiving the loan will have 13 the full loan principal amount and interest forgiven. Teachers who previously submitted a portfolio to the 14 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for certification under previous appropriation acts, shall 15 receive reimbursement of their certification fee as prescribed under the provisions of the previous 16 appropriation act. Funds collected from educators who are in default of the National Board loan shall be 17 retained and carried forward by the department. The department may retain up to ten percent of the funds 18 collected to offset the administrative costs of loan collection. All other funds shall be retained by the 19 department and used for National Board loan purposes. Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, 20 VIII.C.2. for National Board Certification, the Department of Education shall transfer to the Center for 21 Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA-South Carolina) the funds necessary for the 22 administration of the loan program for teachers who applied to the National Board for Professional Teaching 23 Standards for certification prior to July 1, 2010. In addition, teachers who have applied prior to July 1, 2010 24 and are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall enter a recertification cycle 25 for their South Carolina certificate consistent with the recertification cycle for national board certification. 26 National board certified teachers who have been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching 27 Standards or completed the application process prior to July 1, 2010 moving to this State who hold a valid 28 standard certificate from their sending state are exempted from initial certification requirements and are 29 eligible for a professional teaching certificate and continuing contract status. Their recertification cycle will 30 be consistent with national board certification. 31 Provided, further, that in calculating the compensation for teacher specialists, the Department of Education 32 shall include state and local compensation as defined in Section 59-18-1530 to include local supplements 33 except local supplements for National Board certification. Teacher specialists remain eligible for state 34 supplement for National Board certification. 35 1A.41. (SDE-EIA: Educational Partnerships) The funds provided to the Center for Educational 36 Partnerships at the College of Education at the University of South Carolina will be used to create a 37 consortium of educational initiatives and services to schools and communities. These initiatives will include, 38 but are not limited to, professional development in writing, geography and other content areas; training; 39 research; advocacy; and practical consultancy. The Center will establish collaborative educational 40 enterprises with schools, school districts, parents, communities, and businesses while fulfilling the 41 responsibilities of the School Improvement Council Assistance. The Center will focus on connecting the 42 educational needs and goals of communities to improve efficiency and effectiveness. 43 1A.42. (SDE-EIA: STEM Centers SC) All EIA-funded entities that provide professional development 44 and science programming to teachers and students should be included in the state’s science, technology, 45 engineering and mathematics education strategic plan. 46 1A.43. (SDE-EIA: EOC Partnerships for Innovation) Of the funds appropriated or carried forward from 47 the prior fiscal year, the Education Oversight Committee is directed to participate in publicprivate 48 partnerships to promote innovative ways to transform the assessment of public education in South Carolina 49 that support increased student achievement in reading and college and career readiness. The Education 50 Oversight Committee may provide financial support to districts and to public-private partnerships for 51 planning and support to implement, sustain and evaluate the innovation and to develop a matrix and 52 measurements of student academic success based on evidence-based models. These funds may also focus on 53 creating public-private literacy partnerships utilizing a 2:1 matching funds provision when the initiative 54 employs research-based methods, has demonstrated success in increasing reading proficiency of struggling 55 readers, and works directly with high poverty schools and districts. The committee will work to expand the 56 engagement of stakeholders including state agencies and boards like the Educational Television PAGE 33 1 Commission, businesses, and higher education institutions. The committee shall annually report to the 2 General Assembly on the measurement results. 3 1A.44. (SDE-EIA: Aid to Districts Draw Down) For the current fiscal year, in order to draw down funds 4 appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.A.1, Aid to Districts, school districts, Palmetto Unified District and 5 the Department of Juvenile Justice must work with local law enforcement agencies, and when necessary, 6 state law enforcement agencies in order to ensure that the district has an updated school safety plan in place. 7 The safety plan must include safety directives in the classroom, a safe student and staff exit strategy and 8 necessary safety staff. Notice of completion of the updated plan must be submitted to the Department of 9 Education no later than September first, of the current fiscal year. The department must report to the 10 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Chairman of the House Education and Public 11 Works Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the Senate 12 Education Committee by September thirtieth, of the current fiscal year, on any districts that failed to submit 13 an updated plan. 14 1A.45. (SDE-EIA: Education and Economic Development Act Carry Forward) Funds provided for the 15 Education and Economic Development Act may be carried forward into the current fiscal year to be 16 expended for the same purposes by the department, school districts, and special schools. 17 1A.46. (SDE-EIA: EEDA Regional Education Centers) Funds appropriated from the EEDA for Regional 18 Education Centers must not be less than $108,500. 19 1A.47. (SDE-EIA: Teach for America SC) Because Teach For America SC receives EIA funds in the 20 current fiscal year, school districts that partner with Teach For America SC are required to provide to Teach 21 For America SC by September first annually, information on the prior year’s academic achievement of 22 students who were directly taught by Teach For America corps members. The information must be in a 23 format that protects the identity of individual students and must include state assessment data as appropriate. 24 1A.48. (SDE-EIA: EOC-South Carolina Autism Society) Of the funds appropriated in Section 1A, 25 VIII.E. Partnerships, Education Oversight Committee (A85), $500,000 must be transferred in quarterly 26 installments from the Education Oversight Committee to the South Carolina Autism Society for the Autism 27 Parent-School Partnership Program. Beginning October 10, 2015, the South Carolina Autism Society shall 28 provide a quarterly accounting report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the 29 House Ways and Means Committee and the Education Oversight Committee. 30 1A.49. (SDE-EIA: CHE/CERRA) The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement 31 (CERRA) must complete periodic evaluations of the institutions currently hosting a Teaching Fellows (TF) 32 program and ensure that the TF programs at the current host institutions continue to meet the requirements 33 for a TF program as set forth by the CERRA Board of Directors. Further, CERRA will continue 34 implementing a long-range plan for approving additional TF programs at other public, four-year institutions 35 who wish to be considered to host a TF program, provided the proposed programs meet the requirements set 36 forth by the CERRA Board of Directors. CERRA will publish TF program criteria and requirements 37 prominently on its website. Any institution who applies but is not selected to host a TF program will be 38 informed in writing of the basis for the selection decision and be offered technical support if the institution 39 elects to reapply. Any institution that applies but is not selected to host a TF program may appeal to the 40 Commission on Higher Education. 41 1A.50. (SDE-EIA: Surplus) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, EIA surplus cash funds from the prior 42 fiscal year and EIA funds not otherwise appropriated or authorized must be carried forward and expended on 43 the following items in the order listed: 44 1. EOC - Partnerships for Innovation - $3,200,000; 45 2. Allendale County School District - $150,000; 46 3. Modernize Vocational Equipment - $1,501,307; 47 4. Industry Certification - $3,000,000; 48 5. Adult Education - $1,000,000; 49 6. Power Schools/Data Collection - $1,952,000; 50 7. IT Academy - $750,000; 51 8. Instructional Development and Digital Content Curation - $393,443; and 52 9. EOC - Customized STEM labs for grades 6-8 located in school districts that are a trial or plaintiff 53 district in the Abbeville equity lawsuit - $200,000. 54 1. Computer Science Task Force - $400,000; 55 2. EOC-Partnerships - $3,650,000; 56 3. Industry Certification - $3,000,000; and PAGE 34 1 4. SDE-Abbeville Equity Districts for Capital Improvements - $100,000,000. 2 Any additional funds carried forward and not otherwise appropriated or authorized may be used for 3 Instructional Materials. 4 If excess EIA revenues are less than the amounts appropriated, funding for the items listed herein shall be 5 reduced on a pro rata basis. 6 1A.51. (SDE-EIA: Public Charter Pupil Counts) With funds appropriated to the South Carolina Public 7 Charter School District, the district must require each charter school to submit a student attendance report for 8 the 5th, 45th, 90th and 135th days. Reporting requirements shall include both Average Daily Membership and 9 Weighted Pupil Unit membership. The South Carolina Public Charter School District shall then provide the 10 data for each charter school to the Department of Education. Quarterly, the department will submit the 11 information to the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and Public Works Committee, 12 the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Education Committee. 13 The South Carolina Public Charter School District must also require each virtual charter school to collect 14 the following information: (1) the reason or reasons why each student enrolled in the virtual charter school 15 district from both the parent(s) and the referring school district; and (2) the reason or reasons why a student 16 withdrew from the virtual charter school district. This data must be provided to the Department of Education 17 quarterly and must include the unique student identifier. The department, in turn, will provide summary 18 information to the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and Public Works Committee, 19 the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Education Committee on the enrollment and withdrawal 20 information. 21 1A.52. (SDE-EIA: South Carolina Public Charter School District Funding) The funds appropriated in 22 Part IA, Section VIII.G. - South Carolina Public Charter School District must be allocated in the following 23 manner to students at charter schools within the South Carolina Public Charter School District: Pupils 24 enrolled in virtual charter schools sponsored by the South Carolina Public Charter School District shall 25 receive $1,900 per weighted pupil and pupils enrolled in brick and mortar charter schools sponsored by the 26 South Carolina Public Charter School District shall receive $3,600 per weighted pupil. Any unexpended 27 funds, not to exceed ten percent of the prior year appropriation, must be carried forward from the prior fiscal 28 year and expended for the same purpose. Any unexpended funds exceeding ten percent of the prior year 29 appropriation must be transferred to the Charter School Facility Revolving Loan Program established in 30 Section 59-40-175. For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the timelines set forth for ruling on charter school 31 applications are extended for sixty calendar days for all applications submitted to the South Carolina Public 32 Charter School District if the district determines that an applicant should be permitted to amend its 33 application to meet the requirements of Section 59-40-60 and Section 59-40-70, of the 1976 Code, based on 34 an applicant’s proposal to address an existing achievement gap utilizing an evidence-based educational 35 program in an underserved geographical area of the state including, but not limited to, charter schools 36 proposed to be located in any school district that is a plaintiff in the Abbeville law suit. The South Carolina 37 Public Charter School District shall report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means 38 Committee on the outcomes of this extended time for a hearing at the end of the application cycle. 39 1A.53. (SDE-EIA: Low Achieving Schools) Of the funds appropriated to the Education Oversight 40 Committee for Partnerships for Innovation, $500,000 must be allocated to support up to three lowachieving 41 schools in designing and planning for implementation innovative, research-based strategies focused on 42 recruiting and retaining highly effective teachers and on increasing time-on-task through the amount of time, 43 the quality of instruction and the engagement of students. The committee will assist the schools in 44 determining the evidence that will be collected to measure the effectiveness of the initiative and in 45 identifying resources to support the initiative and in collaborating with TransformSC. 46 1A.54. (SDE-EIA: TransformSC) Of the funds appropriated to the Education Oversight Committee for 47 Partnerships for Innovation, at least $400,000 shall be allocated to the TransformSC public-private project. 48 1A.55. (SDE-EIA: CDEPP Student Information and Reporting) For the current fiscal year, the 49 Department of Education and the Office of First Steps to School Readiness must acquire unique student 50 identifiers or SUNS numbers for each student enrolled in the CDEPP program no later than the 45th day and 51 must provide a report of such to the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education Committee, 52 the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Education Committee and the Education Oversight Committee by 53 November first. The Department of Education and the Office of First Steps to School Readiness must 54 provide any information required by the Education Oversight Committee for the annual CDEPP report no 55 later than November thirtieth. PAGE 35 1 1A.56. (SDE-EIA: BabyNet Early Intervention Autism Therapy) The $814,348 in funds appropriated in 2 this act to the Office of First Steps to School Readiness for BabyNet Autism Therapy must be used only to 3 increase the BabyNet autism therapy provider hourly rate and the individual hourly pay of line therapists 4 during the current fiscal year. The Office of First Steps must consult with the Department of Disabilities and 5 Special Needs regarding the implementation of these increases. The Office of First Steps must ensure that, 6 prior to payment, these line therapists meet all current state requirements. It is the intent of the General 7 Assembly that these monies be used solely for the purpose of increasing the BabyNet autism therapy 8 provider rate to $13.58 per hour or the current Medicaid rate, whichever is higher, and the hourly pay to 9 individual line therapists being increased to a minimum of $10.00 per hour. Quarterly, the Office of First 10 Steps must send a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House 11 Ways and Means Committee reporting on their compliance with the requirements of this proviso. The report 12 must include information regarding the expenditure of state funds as well as the receipt and expenditure of 13 Federal Medicaid funds associated with the program. 14 1A.57. (SDE-EIA: Charter School Funding-Chartered by Institution of Higher Education) Pupils enrolled 15 in a brick and mortar charter school authorized by an approved institution of higher education located in this 16 state shall receive $3,600 per weighted pupil and pupils enrolled in a virtual charter school authorized by an 17 approved institution of higher education located in this state shall receive $1,900 per weighted pupil from the 18 funds appropriated in Part IA, Section VIII.G. - South Carolina Public Charter School - Institution of Higher 19 Education. Any unexpended funds, not to exceed ten percent of the prior year appropriation, must be carried 20 forward from the prior fiscal year and expended for the same purpose. Any unexpended funds exceeding ten 21 percent of the prior year appropriation must be transferred to the Charter School Facility Revolving Loan 22 Program established in Section 5940175, of the 1976 Code. 23 1A.58. (SDE-EIA: Technology Professional Development) Of the funds appropriated in Section VIII.C.3 24 for Professional Development, $4,000,000 shall be designated for use as professional development for the 25 use of classroom technology. Funds designated for technology-related professional development shall be 26 distributed to each school district or special school in proportion to the previous year’s one hundred thirty- 27 five day average daily membership. Districts must report by June fifteenth of the current fiscal year on the 28 amount of funds expended, the types of activities funded by the district, and the number of teachers 29 participating in the activity on a form prescribed by the department. 30 1A.59. (SDE-EIA: Rural Teacher Recruiting Incentive) (A) There is created a program within the South 31 Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) to recruit and retain 32 classroom educators in rural and underserved districts experiencing excessive turnover of classroom teachers 33 on an annual basis. 34 (B) During the current fiscal year CERRA shall publish eligibility requirements and applications for 35 individual educators, school districts, and institutions of higher education not inconsistent with existing 36 licensure requirements for each, but also including: 37 (1) Eligible districts identified by CERRA as experiencing greater than eleven percent average 38 annual teacher turnover, as reported on the districts' five most recent district report cards issued by the South 39 Carolina Department of Education, may make application to participate in the program. 40 (2) Individuals eligible for incentives shall be willing to provide instructional services in an eligible 41 district in exchange for participation in an incentive detailed in item (C) of this section, pursuant to the 42 obligations and restrictions stated for each. 43 (3) Institutions of higher education eligible to receive education funding as a component of 44 recruiting incentives created pursuant to item (C) of this section shall not be excluded from participation in 45 Teaching Fellows Program. 46 (4) Any incentives requiring individuals to relocate into an eligible district to provide instructional 47 services shall not be made available to individuals providing instructional services in other eligible districts. 48 (C) Pursuant to item (A), CERRA shall develop a set of incentives including, but not limited to, salary 49 supplements, education subsidies, loan forgiveness, professional development, and mentorship to be 50 provided to classroom educators that offer instructional services in eligible districts and shall provide 51 incentive options for eligible individuals at all stages of their careers, including high-school and college or 52 university students interested in entering the teaching profession and including individuals entering the field 53 through an alternative certification pathway to include, but not limited to, PACE, ABCTE, Teach for 54 American and CATE Work-Based Certification. 55 At a minimum, the incentives shall include: PAGE 36 1 (1) South Carolina Teachers Loan forgiveness at a rate of one year for every two years of service as 2 a teacher in an eligible district, unless otherwise eligible for a greater forgiveness rate under the guidelines of 3 the South Carolina Teachers Loan Program. 4 (2) Development of a program for forgiveness of undergraduate student loans, not to exceed $5,000 5 per year, for up to 7 years, for teachers participating in this incentive that achieve certification through an 6 alternative pathway or who have a loan from an institution other than the South Carolina Student Loan 7 Corporation or program other than the South Carolina Teachers Loan Program. 8 (3) Development of a forgivable loan program for individuals pursuing graduate coursework in 9 furtherance of a teaching career, including enrollment in graduate-level coursework necessary to seek 10 additional credentialing or certification relevant to the participant’s teaching practice, or individuals seeking 11 an alternative pathway to certification as a teacher. 12 (4) Support for the establishment and maintenance of a teaching mentorship program, including 13 salary supplements for teaching mentors not to exceed $2,500 per year. 14 (5) Other technical support and recruiting incentives as developed by CERRA in conjunction with 15 the Department of Education and the Education Oversight Committee consistent with the objectives of this 16 section. 17 (D) In addition to eligibility and application requirements, CERRA shall develop a process for recovering 18 an amount equal to the incentives given to individual participants who fail to comply with the obligations 19 associated with a relevant incentive in which they participate including, but not limited to, failure to 20 complete a prescribed course of study, failure to obtain a relevant certification or licensure upon completion 21 of a course of study, or failure to provide instructional services in an eligible district for a prescribed period 22 of time. 23 (E) CERRA shall report by July thirty-first of the current fiscal year to the Governor, President pro 24 Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House on the incentives developed pursuant to item (C) of this 25 section and make recommendations for attracting and retaining high quality teachers in rural and 26 underserved districts. The report shall contain at a minimum eligibility requirements and application 27 processes for districts and individuals, descriptions of and proposed budgets for each incentive program and 28 an analysis of the number and demographics of individuals potentially eligible for each. 29 (F) Funds appropriated or transferred for use in the Rural Teacher Recruiting Incentive may be carried 30 forward from prior fiscal years and used for the same purpose. 31 1A.60. (SDE-EIA: Project Read) Of the funds appropriated in Section 1A. VIII.A.3. for Reading, 32 $500,000 must be used for teacher in-service training and professional development related to Project Read. 33 The department may set accountability guidelines to ensure that funds are spent in accordance with the 34 proviso. 35 1A.61. (SDE-EIA: Reading/Literacy Coaches) (A) Funds appropriated for Reading/Literacy Coaches 36 must be allocated to school districts by the Department of Education as follows: 37 (1) for each elementary school in which twenty percent or more of the students scored below 38 proficient “meets expectations” on the reading sub score of the English language arts and research test in 39 the most recent year for which such data are available, the school district shall be eligible to receive the 40 lesser of either up to $62,730 or the actual cost of salary and benefits for a full-time reading/literacy coach; 41 and 42 (2) for each elementary school in which fewer than twenty percent of the students scored below 43 proficient on the reading and research test during the same period as referenced in (A)(1), the school district 44 shall be eligible to receive the lesser of either up to $31,365 or fifty percent of the actual cost of salary and 45 benefits for a full-time reading/literacy coach. A school district must provide local support for state funds 46 provided under this paragraph. School districts may use existing local funds currently used for reading 47 assistance as the local support. 48 (B) By accepting these funds, a school district warrants that they will not be used to supplant existing 49 school district expenditures, except for districts that either are currently, or in the prior fiscal year, were 50 paying for reading/literacy coaches with local funds. A district may, however, assign a reading/literacy 51 coach to a primary school rather than to the elementary school to improve the early literacy skills of young 52 children. 53 (C) Funds appropriated for reading/literacy Coaches are intended to be used to provide elementary 54 schools with reading/literacy coaches who shall serve according to the provisions in Chapter 155 of Title 59. 55 (D) Schools and districts accepting funding to support a coaching position agree that the reading/literacy 56 coach must not serve as an administrator. If the department finds that school districts are using these funds PAGE 37 1 for administrative costs as defined in statute they must withhold that districts remaining balance of funds 2 allocated pursuant to this proviso. 3 (E) The Department of Education must publish guidelines that define the minimum qualifications for a 4 reading/literacy coach. These guidelines must deem any licensed/certified teacher qualified if, at a 5 minimum, he or she: 6 (1) holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and an add-on endorsement for literacy coach or literacy 7 specialist; or 8 (2) holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and is actively pursuing the literacy coach or literacy 9 specialist endorsement; or 10 (3) holds a master’s degree or higher in reading or a closelyrelated field. 11 Within these guidelines, the Department of Education must assist districts in identifying a reading/literacy 12 coach in the event that the school is not successful in identifying and directly employing a qualified 13 candidate. The provisions of subsection (A), including the local support requirements, shall also apply to 14 any allocations made pursuant to this paragraph. 15 (F) The Department of Education must develop procedures for monitoring the use of funds appropriated 16 for reading/literacy coaches to ensure they are applied to their intended uses and are not redirected for other 17 purposes. The Department of Education may receive up to $100,000 of the funds appropriated for 18 reading/literacy coaches in order to implement this program, provided that this allocation does not exceed the 19 department’s actual costs. 20 (G) Prior to the close of the current fiscal year, any unspent or unallocated funds for reading/literacy 21 coaches shall be used to fund Summer Reading Camps. 22 (H) The Department of Education shall require: 23 (1) any school district receiving funding under subsection (A) to identify the name and 24 qualifications of the supported reading/literacy coach; as well as the school in which the coach is assigned; 25 and 26 (2) any school district receiving funding under subsection ( G) to account for the specific amounts 27 and uses of such funds. 28 (I) With the data reported by the school districts, the department shall report by January fifteenth of the 29 current fiscal year on the hiring of and assignment of reading/literacy coaches by school. The department 30 shall also report the amount of funds that will be used for Summer Reading Camps. 31 (J) Funds appropriated for reading/literacy coaches shall be retained and carried forward to be used for 32 the same purpose but may not be flexed. 33 (K) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, if increased funding for reading/literacy coaches is not sufficient to 34 provide additional reading/literacy coaches at each elementary school then the funding must be targeted to 35 the areas of greatest need based on the number of students substantially failing to demonstrate reading 36 proficiency as indicated on the prior year’s state assessment. 37 1A.62. (SDE-EIA: Digital Instructional Materials) The Department of Education shall create an 38 instructional materials list composed of those items (print and/or digital) that have received State Board of 39 Education approval through the normal adoption process. The department shall continue to work with the 40 publishers of instructional materials to ensure that districts who wish to receive both the digital version and 41 class sets of textbooks may be awarded that option. Funds appropriated for the purchase of textbooks and 42 other instructional materials may be used for reimbursing school districts to offset the costs of refurbishing 43 science kits on the state-adopted textbook inventory, purchasing new kits from the central textbook 44 depository, or a combination of refurbishment and purchase. The refurbishing cost of kits may not exceed 45 the cost of the state-adopted refurbishing kits plus a reasonable amount for shipping and handling. Costs for 46 staff development, personnel costs, equipment, or other costs associated with refurbishing kits on state 47 inventory are not allowable costs. Funds provided for Instructional Materials may be carried forward from 48 the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purposes by the department, 49 school districts, and special schools. These funds are not subject to flexibility. Digital Instructional 50 Materials shall include the digital equivalent of materials and devices. 51 1A.63. (SDE-EIA: 4K Early Literacy Competencies Assessments) Of the funds carried forward from the 52 full-day 4K program from the previous fiscal year, the Department of Education is authorized to expend up 53 to $800,000 on assessments and professional development to analyze the early literacy competencies of 54 children in publicly funded prekindergarten. The department shall manage the administration of assessments 55 that analyze the early literacy and language development of children in publicly funded prekindergarten as 56 done in the prior fiscal year. Each school district and private provider participating in a publicly funded PAGE 38 1 prekindergarten program will administer one of the formative assessments selected by the department to each 2 child eligible for and enrolled in a publicly funded prekindergarten program during the first forty-five days 3 of the school year and during the last forty-five days of the school year. Accommodations that do not 4 invalidate the results of these assessments must be provided in the manner set forth by the student’s 5 Individualized Education Program or 504 Accommodations Plan. The department will provide the 6 assessment data to the Education Oversight Committee. The results of the assessment and the developmental 7 intervention strategies recommended or services needed to address the child’s identified needs must also be 8 provided, in writing, to the parent or guardian. The assessment may not be used to deny a student to 9 admission to prekindergarten. 10 Furthermore, up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated for half-day programs for four-year-olds and 11 funds carried forward from assessment must be expended by the Department of Education to administer the 12 Developmental Reading Assessment® 2nd Edition PLUS to implement the progress monitoring system 13 required by the Read to Succeed Act of 2014 and to evaluate the early literacy and language competencies of 14 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) to each child entering kindergarten in the public schools. The 15 assessment of kindergarten students must be administered at a minimum of once during the first forty-five 16 days of the school year and once during the last forty-five days of the school year with the results collected 17 by the department. The results of the assessments and the developmental intervention strategies 18 recommended or services needed to address each child's identified needs must also be provided, in writing, 19 to the parent or guardian. The assessment may not be used to deny a student admission to kindergarten. 20 Accommodations that do not invalidate the results of these assessments must be provided in the manner set 21 forth by the student’s Individualized Education Program or 504 Accommodations Plan. Districts are given 22 the option of designating up to two days of the one hundred eighty day school calendar to administer the 23 assessment to kindergarten students. The department will also provide the results of the assessment of 24 kindergarten students to the Education Oversight Committee. With available funds, the department will also 25 provide or secure training for appropriate educators in how to administer the assessment. In addition the 26 department may pilot in kindergarten classes one or more comprehensive readiness assessments that address 27 the other domains in numeracy, approaches to learning, social and emotional development, and physical 28 well-being in the current school year. 29 For all students assessed with the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA), the Department of 30 Education is required to collect data from schools and school districts on the prior early learning 31 experience of each student. The data would include whether the kindergartener had attended in the prior 32 school year a Head Start program, a South Carolina Early Reading Development and Education Program 33 in a public school or a private center, a half-day 4K program in a public school, a full-day 4K program in a 34 public school, a child care center (registered faith-based, registered family home, group home, or exempt 35 provider) or informal child care. 36 1A.64. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Supply Study) With funds appropriated to the Center for Educator 37 Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA), in concert with the Commission on Higher Education, 38 the Department of Education, and the Education Oversight Committee, CERRA shall initiate and conduct a 39 study to identify and project the number of additional teachers needed annually in public school classrooms 40 for grades K5 through 12, for school years beginning 2017 through 2027. The purpose of the study shall be 41 to: (1) provide specific data and projections on the number of teachers expected to be needed as compared to 42 the number available, by Subject Areas Taught as indicated in CERRA’s annual Supply and Demand Report, 43 and with a focus on critical need subject areas; (2) determine whether, individually and collectively, teaching 44 programs at applicable institutions of higher learning in South Carolina have the capacity and infrastructure 45 to fulfill projected needs in item (1); and (3) provide data for general use in estimating the fiscal impact of 46 any new or revised programs being considered to incent more talented individuals to enter teacher training 47 programs and more highly qualified teachers to remain in the profession for longer periods of time. 48 1A.65. (SDE-EIA: CDEPP Unexpended Funds) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Office of First 49 Steps to School Readiness is permitted to retain the first $1,000,000 of any unexpended CDEPP funds of the 50 prior fiscal year and expend these funds to enhance the quality of the full-day 4K program in private centers 51 and provide professional development opportunities. 52 By August first, the Office of First Steps is directed to allocate any additional unexpended CDEPP funds 53 from the prior fiscal year and any CDEPP funds carried forward from prior fiscal years that were transferred 54 to the restricted account for the following purpose: Education Oversight Committee - $1,000,000 for the 55 South Carolina Community Block Grants for Education Pilot Program. PAGE 39 1 If carry forward funds are less than the amounts appropriated, funding for the items listed herein shall be 2 reduced on a pro rata basis. 3 If by August first, school districts eligible to receive full-day 4K funding opt to not participate in the 4 program, the Department of Education is authorized to utilize unexpended funds to increase participation on 5 a per pupil basis for districts eligible for participation who have a documented waiting list. The per pupil 6 allocation and classroom grant must conform with the appropriated amount contained in this Act. Funds 7 may also be used to provide professional development and quality evaluations of programs. 8 No later than April 1, 2017, the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps must report to the 9 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on 10 the expenditure of these funds to include the following information: the amount of money used and specific 11 steps and measures taken to enhance the quality of the 4K program and the amount of money used for 12 professional development as well as the types of professional development offered and the number of 13 participants. 14 1A.66. (SDE-EIA: College and Career Readiness) Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for 15 District College and Career Readiness Assistance must first be used to increase the capacity of districts that 16 are or were the original trial and plaintiff school districts in the Abbeville law suit. Funds shall be used by 17 the department to provide assistance to districts using appropriately experienced educators with 18 demonstrated effectiveness in instructional leadership. Support shall include professional development, 19 standards and learning support, instructional support, data analysis and leadership development resources to 20 ensure that educators are equipped with the tools to provide students with high quality, personalized learning 21 that supports the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. The department shall report to the Chairman of the 22 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on how these funds 23 were expended. 24 1A.67. (SDE-EIA: Industry Certifications/Credentials) The Of the funds appropriated for Industry 25 Certifications/Credentials, $3,000,000 must be allocated to school districts based upon the number of 26 national industry exams administered in the prior school year with each district receiving a base amount of 27 $10,000. The department will identify the national industry exams that will be funded based upon the job 28 availability in the state. School districts may carry forward funds from the prior fiscal year into the current 29 fiscal year and expend the funds for the cost of national industry exams. The department shall work with the 30 Department of Commerce, the Department of Employment and Workforce, state and local chambers of 31 commerce and economic development offices and the Tech Board to ensure that students are aware of the 32 industry required credentials for current job availability in the state organized by region. Any additional 33 funds appropriated must be allocated to school districts based upon the number of national industry 34 exams/credentials earned in the prior school year, and districts must expend these funds to pay for the cost 35 of industry exams or to support students in preparing for the exams in the current fiscal year. 36 1A.68. (SDE-EIA: Career and Technical Equipment Funding Technology Education) Funds appropriated 37 for Modernize Career and Technical Equipment Career and Technology Education will be distributed to 38 school districts and multi-district career centers based on the prior year actual student enrollment for career 39 and technology education courses, with no district or multi-district career center receiving less than $50,000. 40 Funds may be expended for the purchase of career and technical equipment, the up fitting of facilities and the 41 purchase of consumables, regional career specialists, and such evidence-based initiatives like High Schools 42 that Work and Project Lead the Way. Each district must include in the district plan submitted to the Office 43 of Career and Technology Education information on other career and technical equipment available. The 44 district must include, at a minimum, equipment located at the career center and at the technical college, 45 information on the alignment of equipment to current industry jobs and needs in the state as recommended 46 by career and technical program advisory committees. District plans must include charter schools within the 47 school district offering at least one career and technical education completer program. School districts and 48 career centers may carry forward unexpended funds to be used for the same intended purposes to up fit 49 career and technical facilities and replace career and technical program consumables. In addition, $125,000 50 of the funds appropriated shall be allocated to the Palmetto Partners for Science and Technology for 51 robotics competition, curriculum, and support. 52 1A.69. (SDE-EIA: Digital Learning) Of the funds appropriated to the Education Oversight Committee for 53 Partnerships for Innovation, $1,600,000 will be authorized to be utilized to enter into one-year memoranda of 54 agreements with public and private entities to pilot computer science initiatives in schools and school 55 districts. The initiatives must focus on improving the digital literacy skills of students and teachers, 56 expanding opportunities for students to learn coding, or providing computer science curriculum. To this end, PAGE 40 1 at least $1,300,000 must be authorized for schools or school districts that have poverty indices of eighty 2 percent or greater based on the poverty index utilized the prior fiscal year that was student eligibility for the 3 free or reduced price lunch program and Medicaid, or are a trial or plaintiff district in the Abbeville equity 4 lawsuit. In these districts, the EOC will pilot a program that provides school districts with digital learning 5 tools, digital resources, the curriculum foundry, technical support, and professional development. 6 1A.70. (SDE-EIA: South Carolina IT Academy) Of the funds appropriated for the South Carolina IT 7 Academy, the Department of Education shall procure an IT Academy for public schools statewide in the 8 coming school year. The IT Academy must offer certification opportunities for educators to receive Teacher 9 Certification Exams and for students to receive certifications in an office suite of products in the middle 10 grades and programming credentials in high school. The procurement shall include official curriculum, e- 11 learning, E-books, exams, software and lesson plans. 12 1A.71. (SDE-EIA: Family Connection South Carolina) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1, VIII.E, 13 Partnerships, for Family Connection South Carolina (H63), shall be transferred in quarterly installments from 14 the Department of Education to Family Connection South Carolina. Funds shall be used to provide support 15 to families of children with disabilities. Support shall include, home visits, transition assistance, education 16 assistance, parent support and parent training. The department shall establish guidelines through which 17 Family Connection South Carolina shall provide planning documents to the department not later than July 18 fifteenth of the current fiscal year, and quarterly reporting of expenditures thereafter; and a performance 19 report submitted annually. 20 1A.72. (SDE-EIA: Low Achieving Schools) Of the funds appropriated to the Education Oversight 21 Committee for Partnerships for Innovation, $500,000 shall be allocated to parent support initiatives and 22 afterschool programs in historically underachieving communities. 23 1A.73. (SDE-EIA: Teacher Salaries Increase) For Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Department of Education is 24 directed to increase the statewide salary schedule by two percent. A local school district board of trustees 25 must provide all certified teachers paid on the teacher salary schedule a two percent salary increase. Districts 26 are to provide this increase using the district salary schedule utilized the prior fiscal year as its base. School 27 districts shall utilize the additional funds made available from the Teacher Salary Supplement appropriation 28 to provide one percent of the required two percent increase. 29 Additionally, for the current fiscal year, a local school district board of trustees must increase the salary 30 compensation for all eligible certified teachers employed by the district by an amount equal to a step on the 31 salary schedule for any teacher entering the 23rd year if the district’s salary schedule does not go beyond 22 32 years. Application of this provision must be applied uniformly for all eligible certified teachers. If a school 33 district believes it will be unable to provide the required additional step without incurring a deficit, it may 34 apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver from this requirement. 35 For purposes of this provision teachers shall be defined by the Department of Education using the 36 Professional Certified Staff (PCS) System. 37 1A.74. (SDE-EIA: College Readiness Assessments) For the current fiscal year, with the funds 38 appropriated for assessment, the Department of Education is directed to manage the administration of the 39 same college readiness assessment that was administered in the prior fiscal year to students in grade 11. The 40 assessment, or an alternate college readiness measure approved by the department as set forth by the 41 student’s Individualized Education Program, must be administered to all students in grade 11. For the 42 purposes of administering the assessment, “eleventh grade students” is defined as students in the third year of 43 high school after their initial enrollment in the ninth grade. Valid accommodations must be provided 44 according to the student’s IEP/504 plan. If a student also chooses to use the results of the college readiness 45 assessment for post-secondary admission or placement, the student, his parent, or his guardian must indicate 46 that choice in compliance with the testing vendor’s deadline to ensure that the student may receive allowable 47 accommodations consistent with the IEP or 504 plan that may yield a college-reportable score. 48 1A.75. (SDE-EIA: EOC Military-Connected Children) Of the funds allocated for Partnerships for 49 Innovation, the Education Oversight Committee is directed to expend $100,000 to initiate in at least two 50 school districts with high military density, a pilot program that will provide training, services, resources and 51 research to teachers, counselors, mental health professionals, school nurses, service providers and military 52 parents. The objective of the pilot is to increase the level of educational quality and support for military- 53 connected children. The training and services must be provided by a non-profit entity that is an NBCC- 54 Approved Continuing Education Provider and is an authorized provider by the international Association for 55 Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Pursuant to its responsibilities under Act 289 of 2014, the PAGE 41 1 Education Oversight Committee will report on the expenditure of these funds and post-training evaluations 2 in its annual report on the educational performance of military-connected children. 3 1A.76. (SDE-EIA: STEM Labs) Of the funds appropriated for customized STEM labs, the Education 4 Oversight Committee shall work with the Department of Education, Office of Standards and Learning to 5 solicit interested middle schools from the Abbeville trial and plaintiff districts to participate in implementing 6 a STEM based curriculum. The pilot sites will receive a customized 6th - 8th grade STEM curriculum 7 designed to address the needs of local industry. The curriculum provided will be aligned to state standards 8 and certified by ACT WorkKeys and will include hands-on, problem based student labs. The curriculum 9 will also be certified by ACT WorkKeys. Teachers in the pilot sites will receive ongoing, year-long 10 professional development on cross curricular STEM implementation that will be aligned to state standards as 11 well and the district strategic plan. 12 1A.77. (SDE-EIA: Baby Net Financial Audit Reimbursement) For Fiscal Year 2016-17, of the funds 13 appropriated or carried forward, First Steps to School Readiness is directed to reimburse the Department of 14 Education up to $50,000 for the costs of the financial audit of Baby Net. 15 1A.78. (SDE-EIA: Assistance Funding) For the current fiscal year, any funds appropriated to the 16 Department of Education to assist districts that are or were Plaintiffs in the Abbeville law suit and funding 17 appropriated to the department to provide technical assistance to underperforming districts may not be 18 transferred to any other program, are not subject to flexibility, and may be carried forward and expended for 19 the same purposes. 20 1A.79. (SDE-EIA: Report Cards) With the funds appropriated for assessment and the achievement results 21 obtained from these assessments, the Education Oversight Committee shall not calculate absolute or growth 22 performance ratings for the 2016-17 school year for schools or districts. Instead, the Education Oversight 23 Committee shall determine the format of a transitional report card released to the public in the fall of 2016 24 that will also identify underperforming schools and districts. These transitional reports will, at a minimum, 25 include the following: (1) school, district and statewide student assessment results in reading and 26 mathematics in grades 3 through 8; (2) high school and district graduation rates; and (3) measures of student 27 college and career readiness at the school, district, and statewide level. These transitional reports shall 28 inform schools and districts, the public, and the Department of Education of school and district general 29 academic performance and assist in identifying potentially underperforming schools and districts and in 30 targeting technical assistance support and interventions in the interim before ratings are issued. 31 1A. 80. (SDE-EIA: National Board Certification Incentive) Public school classroom teachers , to include 32 teachers employed at the special schools or classroom teachers who work with classroom teachers , to 33 include teachers employed at the special schools who are certified by the State Board of Education and who 34 have been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or completed the application 35 process prior to July 1, 2010 shall be paid a $7,500 salary supplement beginning July first in the year 36 following the year of achieving certification, beginning with 2009 applicants. The special schools include 37 the Governors School for Science and Math, Governors School for the Arts and Humanities, Wil Lou Gray 38 Opportunity School, John de la Howe School, School for the Deaf and the Blind, Department of Juvenile 39 Justice and Palmetto Unified School District 1. The $7,500 salary supplement shall be added to the annual 40 pay of the teacher for the length of the national certificate. However, the $7,500 supplement shall be 41 adjusted on a pro rata basis for the teachers FTE and paid to the teacher in accordance with the districts 42 payroll procedure. In addition, teachers who have applied prior to July 1, 2010 and are certified by the 43 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall enter a recertification cycle for their South 44 Carolina certificate consistent with the recertification cycle for national board certification. National board 45 certified teachers who have been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or 46 completed the application process prior to July 1, 2010 moving to this State who hold a valid standard 47 certificate from their sending state are exempted from initial certification requirements and are eligible for a 48 professional teaching certificate and continuing contract status. Their recertification cycle will be 49 consistent with national board certification. 50 For the current fiscal year the salary supplement will be $5,000 for public school classroom teachers , to 51 include teachers employed at the special schools or classroom teachers who work with classroom teachers , 52 to include teachers employed at the special schools who are certified by the State Board of Education and 53 who complete the application process on or after July 1, 2010 , beginning in the year of achieving 54 certification and applies uniformly to all teachers covered under Section 59-26-85(A)(2) of the 1976 Code . 55 The special schools include the Governors School for Science and Math, Governors School for the Arts and 56 Humanities, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, John de la Howe School, School for the Deaf and the Blind, PAGE 42 1 Department of Juvenile Justice and Palmetto Unified School District 1. The $5,000 salary supplement shall 2 be added to the annual pay of the teacher, not to exceed the lesser of, the length of one national certificate 3 cycle. However, the $5,000 supplement shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis for the teachers FTE and paid 4 to the teacher in accordance with the districts payroll procedure. 5 For the current fiscal year CERRA shall suspend administering applications into the program. 6 1A.81. (SDE-EIA: Revolving Student Loan Program Transfer) The State Treasurer shall transfer 7 $16,000,000 from the EIA Revolving Student Loan Program, Fund 41L1, to the Department of Education. 8 The department shall utilize these funds for the Abbeville Equity Districts Capital Improvement Plan as set 9 forth in this act. 10 1A.82. (SDE-EIA: Abbeville Equity Districts Capital Improvement Plan) The funds appropriated for the 11 Abbeville Equity Districts Capital Improvement Plan in Part IA, Section 1, VIII, I , Abbeville Equity Districts 12 Capital Improvements and by provisos 1A.50 and 1A. 81 shall be allocated by the Department of Education 13 to eligible school districts for the purpose of funding school facility upgrades. Eligible school districts 14 include any school district that is a plaintiff in the Abbeville law suit or districts with a poverty index of 15 eighty percent or higher. For the purpose of this provision, “school facility” means only facilities necessary 16 for instructional and related supporting purposes including, but not limited to, classrooms, libraries, media 17 centers, laboratories, cafeterias, physical education spaces, related interior and exterior facilities, and the 18 conduit, wiring, and powering of hardware installations for classroom computers or for area network 19 systems. Eligible school facility projects shall include: (a) health and safety upgrades; (b) technology 20 upgrades inside school facilities; (c) upgrades associated with career and technology education programs; 21 and (d) deferred maintenance needs as described in the district’s capital improvement plan. For purposes of 22 this provision, school facilities shall not include unimproved real property, centralized district 23 administration facilities, or other facilities, including those normally identified with interscholastic sports 24 activities. 25 The department shall develop and maintain an application process for school districts to request funding 26 for qualified school projects and establish policies, procedures, and priorities for the making of grants 27 pursuant to this provision. At least twice a year and upon receipt of applications pursuant to the application 28 process adopted by the department, the department shall prioritize the eligible projects with the greatest 29 need and shall submit a list of recommended grant awards to the State Board of Education. Grants shall be 30 awarded upon an affirmative vote of the State Board. 31 The financial assistance provided to school districts pursuant to this provision must be used for the 32 eligible school facility project. The department is responsible for establishing policies and procedures to 33 ensure that funds are expended in a manner consistent with this provision. 34 Following the close of the fiscal year, the department shall submit an annual report of its Abbeville Equity 35 Districts Capital Improvement Plan activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the Chairman of the 36 Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Chairman of the 37 Senate Education Committee, and the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee. 38 1A.83. (SDE-EIA: Value-Added Accountability) With the funds appropriated for School Value Added 39 Instrument in the current fiscal year the Department of Education shall use the education value-added 40 assessment system that was procured and administered in the prior fiscal year to calculate the magnitude of 41 student progress or growth at the school level for purposes of state and federal accountability. At the 42 discretion of the local school district, a district may use the education value-added assessment system to 43 evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth. The estimates of specific teacher effects on 44 the educational progress of students will not be a public record and shall be made available only to the 45 specific teacher, principal and superintendent. In the current fiscal year, the Department of Education is 46 directed to procure a value-added assessment system, which calculates student growth and includes the 47 measurement of magnitude of growth, to be used in future school years that meets the requirements of the 48 state and federal accountability system as defined in Chapter 18 of Title 59 of the 1976 Code. 49 1A.84. (SDE-EIA: Aid to Districts-Technology) Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for 50 Aid to Districts - Technology shall be distributed to the public school districts of the state, the special 51 schools of the state and the South Carolina Public Charter School District, per pupil, based on the previous 52 year's one hundred thirty-five day average daily membership, according to the below calculations: (1) For 53 a school district with a poverty index of less than 75: $35 per ADM; (2) For a school district with a poverty 54 index of at least 75 but no more than 85: $50 per ADM; or (3) For a school district with a poverty index of 55 greater than 85 or a special school with no defined poverty index: $70 per ADM. Poverty will be defined as 56 determined for the poverty add on weight in Proviso 1.3 of this Act. PAGE 43 1 The Department of Education may adjust the per-ADM rates for each of the three classes defined above in 2 order to conform to actual levels of student attendance and available appropriations, provided that the per- 3 ADM rate for each class is adjusted by the same percentage. 4 Funds distributed to a school district may only be used for the following purposes: (1) To improve 5 external connections to schools, with a goal of reaching at least 100 kilobits per second, per student in each 6 school by 2017; (2) To improve internal connections within schools, with a goal of reaching at least 1 7 megabit per second, per student in each school by 2017; or (3) To develop or expand one-to-one computing 8 initiatives. 9 A school district that has achieved each of the above goals may submit a plan to the K-12 Technology 10 Committee for permission to expend its allocation on other technology-related uses; such permission shall 11 not be unreasonably withheld and the K-12 Technology Committee must permit districts to appeal any 12 process should a district not receive approval and must provide technical assistance to districts in 13 developing plans should the district request such. 14 Funds appropriated may not be used to supplant existing school district expenditures on technology. By 15 June 30, 2018, each school district that receives funding during Fiscal Year 2017-18 must provide the K-12 16 Technology Committee with an itemized report on the amounts and uses of these funds, using a form 17 developed by the Education Oversight Committee. In this report, a school district must provide information 18 on its efforts to obtain reimbursements through the "E-Rate" Schools and Libraries Program administered 19 by the Universal Service Administrative Company. Within its available resources, the K-12 Technology 20 Committee shall support school districts' efforts to obtain these reimbursements.

21 22 SECTION 3 - H660 - LOTTERY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 23 24 3.1. (LEA: Audit) Each state agency receiving lottery funds shall develop and implement procedures to 25 monitor the expenditures of lottery funds in order to ensure that lottery funds are expended in accordance 26 with applicable state laws, rules, and regulations. 27 For institutions of higher learning, adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds shall be 28 reported to the Commission on Higher Education and the Executive Budget Office by October, 1, 2016 2017, 29 and these expenditures are subject to annual verification and audit by the Commission on Higher Education 30 on a rotational schedule not to exceed three years. The annual verification and audit shall be funded from the 31 funds appropriated to or authorized for the Commission on Higher Education and the commission shall not 32 assess a fee or charge institutions of higher learning for performing this function. In addition, the 33 Commission on Higher Education shall provide a report to the Executive Budget Office, the Chairman of the 34 Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by October first 35 each year summarizing, by institution, how lottery funds were expended in the prior fiscal year, issues and 36 concerns as well as institution responses to those issues and concerns discovered as a result of the 37 commission’s verification and/or audit activity during the prior fiscal year, if any. For the Department of 38 Education, adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds that are allocated to the South 39 Carolina school districts and other recipient institutions according to law and Department of Education 40 guidelines shall be reported to the Executive Budget Office by October 1, 2016 2017. In addition, the 41 Department of Education shall provide a report to the Executive Budget Office, the Chairman of the Senate 42 Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on the amount of lottery 43 funds the department distributed to each entity in the prior fiscal year. 44 All other state agencies must submit their adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds to 45 the Executive Budget Office by October 1, 2016 2017. 46 The Executive Budget Office shall ensure that state agencies receiving lottery funds have procedures in 47 place to monitor expenditures of lottery funds and that the monitoring procedures are operating effectively. 48 3.2. (LEA: Election Day Sales) For the current fiscal year, Section 59-150-210(E) is suspended. 49 3.3. (LEA: FY 2016-17 Lottery Funding) There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Account for 50 the following education purposes and programs and funds for these programs and purposes shall be 51 transferred by the Executive Budget Office as directed below. These appropriations must be used to 52 supplement and not supplant existing funds for education. 53 The Executive Budget Office is directed to prepare the subsequent Lottery Expenditure Account detail 54 budget to reflect the appropriations of the Education Lottery Account as provided in this section. PAGE 44 1 All Education Lottery Account revenue shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current 2 fiscal year including any interest earnings, which shall be used to support the appropriations contained 3 below. 4 Certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for Fiscal Year 2016-17 are appropriated as 5 follows: 6 (1) Commission on Higher Education--LIFE Scholarships as provided in Chapter 149, Title 59 7 $ 199,754,741; 8 (2) Commission on Higher Education--HOPE Scholarships as provided in Section 59-150-370 9 $ 9,552,955; 10 (3) Commission on Higher Education--Palmetto Fellows Scholarships as provided in 11 Section 59-104-20 $ 49,274,030; 12 (4) Commission on Higher Education and State Board for Technical and Comprehensive 13 Education--Tuition Assistance $ 51,100,000; 14 (5) Commission on Higher Education--Need-Based Grants $ 15 17,537,078; 16 (6) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--Tuition Grants $ 17 8,330,008; and 18 (7) Department of Education--K-12 Technology Initiative $ 19 23,822,432. 20 Fiscal Year 2015-16 surplus net lottery proceeds and investment earnings certified for Fiscal Year 2016- 21 17 are appropriated as follows: 22 (1) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 23 6,500,000; 24 (2) Commission on Higher Education--Technology-Public Four-Year Institutions, Two-Year 25 Institutions, and State Technical Colleges $ 26 2,242,212; 27 (3) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Critical Training Equipment$ 28 2,000,000; 29 (4) Department of Education--Instructional Material $ 30 18,000,000; 31 (5) Department of Education--College and Career Readiness $ 32 3,000,000; 33 (6) Department of Education--Efficiency Study $ 34 3,100,000; 35 (7) Department of Education--Dynamic Report Card System $ 36 1,695,000; 37 (8) Department of Education--Reading Partners $ 38 400,000; 39 (9) Department of Education--Mobile Device Access and Management $ 40 3,000,000; 41 (10) Commission on Higher Education--Need Based Grants $ 42 1; 43 (11) Department of Education--K12 Technology Initiative $ 44 5,466,544; and 45 (12) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--SREB Program and Assessments $ 46 313,456. 47 For Fiscal Year 2016-17, net lottery proceeds and investment earnings above the Fiscal Year 2015-16 48 certified surplus are appropriated pro-rata as follows: 49 (1) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Workforce Scholarships/Grants 50 $ 5,000,000; 51 (2) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program 52 $ 567,475; 53 (3) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 54 2,100,000; 55 (4) Department of Education--Mobile Device Access and Management $ 56 1; PAGE 45 1 (5) Department of Education--Efficiency Study $ 2 1; 3 (6) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Critical Training Equipment$ 4 912,307; 5 (7) Commission on Higher Education--Technology-Public Four-Year Institutions, Two-Year 6 Institutions, and State Technical Colleges $ 7 5,000,000; 8 (8) University of South Carolina-Columbia--Maintenance-Critical Care and Replacement - 1 to 1 9 Match $ 1; 10 (9) Clemson University--Maintenance-Critical Care and Replacement - 1 to 1 Match $ 11 1; and 12 (10) Medical University of South Carolina--Maintenance-Critical Care and Replacement - 1 to 1 Match 13 $ 1. 14 For Fiscal Year 2016-17, funds certified from unclaimed prizes are appropriated as follows: 15 (1) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 16 3,500,000; 17 (2) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Workforce Scholarships/Grants 18 $ 1; 19 (3) South Carolina State University $ 2,500,000; 20 (4) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program 21 $ 5,504,999; 22 (5) Commission on Higher Education--National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as provided in 23 Section 59-111-75 $ 4,545,000; 24 (6) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services--Gambling Addiction Services$ 25 50,000; 26 (7) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Technology $ 27 200,000; and 28 (8) State Library--Aid to County Libraries$ 1,700,000. 29 If the lottery revenue received from certified unclaimed prizes for Fiscal Year 2016-17 is less than the 30 amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their 31 appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis. 32 Any unclaimed prize funds available in excess of the Board of Economic Advisors estimate shall be 33 appropriated as follows: 34 (1) Commission on Higher Education--PASCAL Program $ 35 1,412,514; 36 (2) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 37 1,000,000; 38 (3) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Manufacturing, Healthcare, and 39 STEM Education and Training $ 15,000,000; 40 (4) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program 41 $ 2,631,137; and 42 (5) Commission on Higher Education--Need-Based Grants $ 43 3,000,000. 44 Fiscal Year 2016-17 funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education and the State Board for 45 Technical and Comprehensive Education for Tuition Assistance must be distributed to the technical colleges 46 and two-year institutions as provided in Section 59150-360. Annually the State Board for Technical and 47 Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education shall develop the Tuition Assistance 48 distribution of funds. 49 The provisions of Section 2-75-30 of the 1976 Code regarding the aggregate amount of funding provided 50 for the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment are suspended for the current fiscal year. 51 The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to temporarily transfer funds between appropriated 52 line items in order to ensure the timely receipt of scholarships and tuition assistance. It is the goal of the 53 General Assembly to fund the Tuition Assistance program at such a level to support at least $996 per student 54 per term for full time students. PAGE 46 1 Fiscal Year 2016-17 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of the certified net lottery 2 proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and must be used to ensure that all LIFE, 3 HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships for Fiscal Year 2016-17 are fully funded. 4 If the lottery revenue received for Fiscal Year 2016-17 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects 5 and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata 6 basis, except that a reduction must not be applied to the funding of LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows 7 Scholarships. 8 The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to use up to $345,000 of the funds appropriated in this 9 provision for LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows scholarships to provide the necessary level of program 10 support for the scholarship award process and to provide for a Scholarship Compliance Auditor. 11 Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for institutions of higher learning 12 entitled “Technology-Public Four Year Institutions, Two Year Institutions, and State Technical Colleges,” 13 the commission shall allocate the realized funds on a proportional basis as follows: 14 (1) The Citadel $ ...... 307,628; 15 (2) University of Charleston $ ...... 643,395; 16 (3) Coastal Carolina University $ ...... 573,411; 17 (4) Francis Marion University $ ...... 293,497; 18 (5) Lander University $ ...... 301,439; 19 (6) South Carolina State University $ ...... 276,399; 20 (7) USC - Aiken Campus $ ...... 269,987; 21 (8) USC - Upstate $ ...... 366,549; 22 (9) USC - Beaufort Campus $ ...... 200,669; 23 (10) USC - Lancaster Campus $ ...... 75,440; 24 (11) USC - Salkehatchie Campus $ ...... 75,440; 25 (12) USC - Sumter Campus $ ...... 75,440; 26 (13) USC - Union Campus $ ...... 75,440; 27 (14) Winthrop University $ ...... 388,130;and 28 (15) State Technical Colleges and State Board for 29 Technical and Comprehensive Education ...... $3,319,348. 30 In accordance with Section 59-150-356 of the 1976 Code, each institution shall use the amount 31 appropriated only for technology repair and related technology maintenance and/or upgrades that are 32 necessary to support an institution's educational purpose. 33 Prior to the utilization of these funds, institutions must certify to the Commission on Higher Education, in 34 a manner it prescribes, the extent to which they have met this requirement. 35 Not later than one hundred twenty days after the close of the fiscal year, the Commission on Higher 36 Education shall report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House 37 Ways and Means Committee regarding the utilization of this provision. 38 Funds not expended in the prior fiscal year may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and utilized 39 for the same purpose, subject to certification from the Commission on Higher Education they continue to 40 meet the requirement of this provision. 41 Of the funds appropriated above to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for 42 “Critical Training Equipment,” the State Board shall allocate the realized funds on a proportional basis as 43 follows: 44 (1) Aiken Technical College $ ...... 157,732; 45 (2) Central Carolina Technical College $ ...... 165,234; 46 (3) Denmark Technical College $ ...... 83,432; 47 (4) Florence-Darlington Technical College ...... $ 172,296; 48 (5) Greenville Technical College $ ...... 269,810; 49 (6) Horry-Georgetown Technical College $ ...... 213,535; 50 (7) Midlands Technical College $ ...... 221,557; 51 (8) Northeastern Technical College $ ...... 128,984; 52 (9) Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College ...... $ 161,357; 53 (10) Piedmont Technical College $ ...... 198,705; 54 (11) Spartanburg Community College $ ...... 171,418; 55 (12) Technical College of the Lowcountry $ ...... 144,362; 56 (13) Tri-County Technical College $ ...... 199,914; PAGE 47 1 (14) Trident Technical College $ ...... 325,470; 2 (15) Williamsburg Technical College $ ...... 124,150;and 3 (16) York Technical College $ ...... 174,351. 4 The Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission is authorized to use up to $70,000 of the funds 5 appropriated in this provision for Tuition Grants to provide the necessary level of program support for the 6 grants award process. 7 Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the K-12 Technology Initiative shall be distributed 8 to the public school districts of the state, the special schools of the state and the South Carolina Public 9 Charter School District, per pupil, based on the previous year’s one hundred thirty-five day average daily 10 membership, according to the below calculations: (1) For a school district with a poverty index of less than 11 75: $35 per ADM; (2) For a school district with a poverty index of at least 75 but no more than 85: $50 per 12 ADM; or (3) For a school district with a poverty index of greater than 85 or a special school with no defined 13 poverty index: $70 per ADM. Poverty will be defined as determined for the poverty add on weight in 14 Proviso 1.3 of this Act. 15 The Department of Education may adjust the per-ADM rates for each of the three classes defined above in 16 order to conform to actual levels of student attendance and available appropriations, provided that the 17 perADM rate for each class is adjusted by the same percentage. 18 Funds distributed to a school district through the K-12 Technology Initiative may only be used for the 19 following purposes: (1) To improve external connections to schools, with a goal of reaching at least 100 20 kilobits per second, per student in each school by 2017; (2) To improve internal connections within schools, 21 with a goal of reaching at least 1 megabit per second, per student in each school by 2017; or (3) To develop 22 or expand one-to-one computing initiatives. 23 A school district that has achieved each of the above goals may submit a plan to the K-12 Technology 24 Initiative Committee for permission to expend its allocation on other technology-related uses; such 25 permission shall not be unreasonably withheld and the K-12 Technology Committee must permit districts to 26 appeal any process should a district not receive approval and must provide technical assistance to districts in 27 developing plans should the district request such. 28 Funds appropriated for the K-12 Technology Initiative may not be used to supplant existing school district 29 expenditures on technology. By June 30, 2017, each school district that receives funding through the K12 30 Technology Initiative during Fiscal Year 2016-17 must provide the K-12 Technology Initiative Committee 31 with an itemized report on the amounts and uses of these funds, using a form developed by the Education 32 Oversight Committee. In this report, a school district must provide information on its efforts to obtain 33 reimbursements through the “E-Rate” Schools and Libraries Program administered by the Universal Service 34 Administrative Company. Within its available resources, the K12 Technology Initiative Committee shall 35 support school districts’ efforts to obtain these reimbursements. 36 Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for Reading Partners shall be allocated to Reading 37 Partners and must be used to increase the number of reading interventions for students in low performing 38 schools in grades K-5. The Office of Early Learning and Literacy shall specify planning criteria to be 39 submitted by Reading Partners no later than July 15, 2016. Planning criteria shall include, but is not limited 40 to, pre and post assessment data, parental and family literacy engagement, summer learning support and 41 building school level capacity for intervention. The department shall report to the Governor, the Chairman 42 of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the Chairman of the 43 House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the House Education Committee by June 15, 2017 44 on the impact of the program. 45 Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for Mobile Device Access and Management shall be 46 disbursed to school districts to procure high-speed mobile internet service for students that lack such internet 47 service at home and are participating in a course of study that requires such access, as demonstrated by the 48 school district. Districts requesting funding shall make application to the South Carolina K-12 Technology 49 Committee in a form approved by the committee and the Department of Education detailing, at a minimum, 50 the proposed uses of such mobile internet service, the number of students eligible for the service, the process 51 used to determine student eligibility, and the process by which the devices will be secured and use-restricted 52 to prevent breach or misuse. The Committee may approve requests in whole or in-part as funds are 53 available. 54 The Department of Administration, Division of Technology may disapprove applications if the district’s 55 mobile device management plans are insufficient to properly secure mobile internet devices issued to PAGE 48 1 students. The Division of Technology may offer mobile device management services to applicant districts in 2 lieu of a district-specific plan. 3 The funds appropriated above for South Carolina State University shall be utilized by the Interim Board of 4 Trustees for administrative functions of the interim board, payments of debt, and for any other purpose 5 deemed necessary by the interim board. 6 The funds appropriated to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Workforce 7 Scholarships and Grants shall be used to provide grants for tuition, fees, transportation, or textbook expenses 8 to South Carolina residents enrolled in a career education program that meets all eligibility guidelines 9 promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in consultation with the 10 Department of Education. Grants may be awarded from the fund in an amount not exceeding ten thousand 11 dollars or the total cost of attendance, whichever is less, for students to attend the program of their choice at 12 a South Carolina technical school or professional certification program. By March fifteenth of the academic 13 year provided, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide a report to the 14 Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 15 containing a list of programs, amount of funding spent per program, number of students that received grants, 16 and the grant amount per student. 17 On or before December 31, 2016, the Department of Education, in cooperation with the Commission on 18 Higher Education, shall provide a report to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, 19 the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance 20 Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the costs and 21 opportunities of the change to the State’s Uniform Grading Policy from a 7-point scale to a 10-point scale. 22 The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the projected impact, if any, that the change may 23 have on the State’s merit based scholarship programs, recommendations on how to fund the projected 24 impact, if any, to the State’s merit based scholarship programs, and suggested alternatives to mitigate the 25 projected impact, if any, to the State’s merit based scholarship programs. Alternatives, if any, may include 26 potential changes to the State’s merit based scholarship criteria including GPA or testing requirements. 27 Any lottery revenue in excess of the total amount of money appropriated by this proviso shall be held for 28 appropriation by the General Assembly in the future to offset scholarship needs as a result of population 29 growth and changes to the state’s grading scale by the Department of Education. 30 3.4. (LEA: FY 2017-18 Lottery Funding) There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Account for 31 the following education purposes and programs and funds for these programs and purposes shall be 32 transferred by the Executive Budget Office as directed below. These appropriations must be used to 33 supplement and not supplant existing funds for education. 34 The Executive Budget Office is directed to prepare the subsequent Lottery Expenditure Account detail 35 budget to reflect the appropriations of the Education Lottery Account as provided in this section. 36 All Education Lottery Account revenue shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current 37 fiscal year including any interest earnings , which shall be used to support the appropriations contained 38 below. 39 For Fiscal Year 2017-18, certified net lottery proceeds , investment earnings, and any other proceeds 40 identified by this provision are appropriated as follows : 41 (1) Commission on Higher Education--LIFE Scholarships as provided in Chapter 149 , Title 59 42 $ 217,601,614; 43 (2) Commission on Higher Education--HOPE Scholarships as provided in Section 59-150-370 44 $ 10,182,978; 45 (3) Commission on Higher Education--Palmetto Fellows Scholarships as provided in 46 Section 59-104-20 $ 51,927,301; 47 (4) Commission on Higher Education and State Board for Technical and Comprehensive 48 Education --Tuition Assistance $ 58,100,000; 49 (5) Commission on Higher Education--Need-Based Grants $ 50 17,537,078; 51 (6) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--Tuition Grants $ 52 8,330,008; 53 (7) Department of Education --School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 54 4,836,770; 55 (8) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Workforce Scholarship Grants 56 $ 10,000,000; PAGE 49 1 (9) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--SREB Program and Assessments $ 2 349,606; and 3 (10) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Allied Health $ 4 5,000, 000 . 5 For Fiscal Year 2017 -18, net lottery proceeds and investment earnings above the Fiscal Year 2016-17 6 certified surplus are appropriated as follows : 7 Department of Education--School Bus Lease/ Purchase $ 8 20,000,000. 9 For Fiscal Year 2017 -18, funds certified from unclaimed prizes are appropriated as follows: 10 (1) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program 11 $ 5,505,000; 12 (2) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services--Gambling Addiction Services $ 13 50,000; 14 (3) Commission on Higher Education--National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as 15 provided in Section 59-111-75 $ 4,545,000; 16 (4) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Technology $ 17 200,000; 18 (5) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Bus/Lease $ 19 800,000; 20 (6) Department of Education --School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 21 2,900,000; and 22 (7) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Equipment $ 23 3,000,000. 24 If the lottery revenue received from certified unclaimed prizes for Fiscal Year 2017-18 is less than the 25 amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have 26 their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis. 27 Any unclaimed prize funds available in excess of the Board of Economic Advisors estimate shall be 28 appropriated as follows: 29 Department of Education --School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 30 3,000,000. 31 Fiscal Year 2017- 18 funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education and the State Board for 32 Technical and Comprehensive Education for Tuition Assistance must be distributed to the technical colleges 33 and two-year institutions as provided in Section 59 150 -360. Annually the State Board for Technical and 34 Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education shall develop the Tuition Assistance 35 distribution of funds. 36 The provisions of Section 2-75-30 of the 1976 Code regarding the aggregate amount of funding provided 37 for the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment are suspended for the current fiscal year. 38 The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to temporarily transfer funds between appropriated 39 line items in order to ensure the timely receipt of scholarships and tuition assistance. It is the goal of the 40 General Assembly to fund the Tuition Assistance program at such a level to support at least $996 per student 41 per term for full time students. 42 Fiscal Year 2017-18 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of the certified net lottery 43 proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and must be used to ensure that all LIFE, 44 HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships for Fiscal Year 2017-18 are fully funded. 45 If the lottery revenue received for Fiscal Year 2017-18 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects 46 and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro 47 rata basis, except that a reduction must not be applied to the funding of LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows 48 Scholarships. 49 The Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission is authorized to use up to $70,000 of the funds 50 appropriated in this provision for Tuition Grants to provide the necessary level of program support for the 51 grants award process. 52 The funds appropriated to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Workforce 53 Scholarships and Grants shall be used to provide grants for tuition, fees, transportation, or textbook 54 expenses to South Carolina residents enrolled in a career education program that meets all eligibility 55 guidelines promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in consultation with 56 the Department of Education. Grants may be awarded from the fund in an amount not exceeding ten PAGE 50 1 thousand dollars or the total cost of attendance, whichever is less, for students to attend the program of their 2 choice at a South Carolina technical school or professional certification program. By March fifteenth of the 3 academic year provided, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide a report 4 to the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 5 containing a list of programs, amount of funding spent per program, number of students that received 6 grants, and the grant amount per student.

7 8 SECTION 5 - H710 - WIL LOU GRAY OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL 9 10 5.1. (WLG: Truants) The Opportunity School will incorporate into its program services for students, ages 11 fifteen and over, who are deemed truant; and will cooperate with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the 12 Family Courts, and School districts to encourage the removal of truant students to the Opportunity School 13 when such students can be served appropriately by the Opportunity School’s program. 14 5.2. (WLG: GED Test) Students attending school at the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School that are 15 sixteen years of age and are unable to remain enrolled due to the necessity of immediate employment or 16 enrollment in post-secondary education may be eligible to take the General Education Development (GED) 17 Test. 18 5.3. (WLG: Deferred Salaries Carry Forward) Wil Lou Gray is authorized to carry forward into the 19 current fiscal year the amount of the deferred salaries and employer contributions earned in the prior fiscal 20 year for non-twelve month employees. These deferred funds are not to be included or part of any other 21 authorized carry forward amount. 22 5.4. (WLG: Improved Forestry Practices) The Trustees of the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School may 23 carry out improved forestry practices on the timber holdings of the school property and apply the revenues 24 derived from them and any other revenue source on the property for the further improvement and 25 development of the school forest and other school purposes. 26 5.5. (WLG: Educational Program Initiatives) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is authorized to utilize 27 funds received from the Department of Education for vocational equipment on educational program 28 initiatives. 29 5.6. (WLG: Lease Revenue) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is authorized to retain revenues derived 30 from the lease of school properties titled to or utilized by the school and may use revenues retained for 31 general school operations, including, but not limited to, maintenance of such properties. Unexpended funds 32 may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and used for the same purposes. 33 5.7. (WLG: USDA Federal Grants) All revenues generated from USDA federal grants may be retained 34 and expended by the school in accordance with Federal regulations for the purpose of covering actual 35 expenses in the cafeteria/food service operations of the school. 36 5.8. (WLG: By-Products Revenue Carry Forward) The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is authorized 37 to sell goods that are byproducts of the school’s programs and operations, charge user fees and fees for 38 services to the general public, individuals, organizations, agencies and school districts, and such revenue 39 may be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the purpose of covering 40 expenses of the school’s programs and operations.

41 42 SECTION 6 - H750 - SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND 43 44 6.1. (SDB: Student Activity Fee) The School for the Deaf and the Blind is authorized to charge to the 45 parents of students at the school a student activity fee, differentiated according to the income of the family. 46 The required student activity fee shall not exceed $40.00. Such revenue may be retained and carried forward 47 into the current fiscal year and expended for the purpose of covering expenses for student activities. 48 6.2. (SDB: Weighted Student Cost) The School for the Deaf and the Blind shall receive through the 49 Education Finance Act the average State share of the required weighted cost for each student enrolled in the 50 School. 51 6.3. (SDB: Admissions) Deaf, blind, multi-disabled and other disabled students identified by the Board of 52 Commissioners as target groups for admission to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind may 53 be admitted by the School either through direct application by parents or on referral from the local school 54 district. The Board of Commissioners shall define the appropriate admissions criteria including mental PAGE 51 1 capacity, degree of disability, functioning level, age, and other factors deemed necessary by the board. All 2 placement hearings for admission to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be organized 3 by the School. The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind shall obtain information from the local 4 school district concerning the needs of the student and shall prepare an Individualized Education Plan for 5 each student admitted. All parents applying for admission of their children must sign a statement certifying 6 that they feel the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is the most appropriate placement which 7 constitutes the least restrictive environment for the individual student, based upon needs identified in the 8 placement meeting and the Individualized Education Plan. The decision concerning placement and least 9 restrictive environment shall be reviewed annually at the IEP Conference. 10 6.4. (SDB: Adult Vocational Program Fees) The School for the Deaf and the Blind is authorized to 11 charge appropriate tuition, room and board, and other fees to students accepted into the Adult Vocational 12 Program. Such fees will be determined by the School Board of Commissioners, and such revenue shall be 13 retained and carried forward. 14 into the current fiscal year and expended by the School for the purpose of covering expenses in the Adult 15 Vocational Program. 16 6.5. (SDB: Mobility Instructor Service Fee) The School for the Deaf and the Blind is authorized to charge 17 a fee for the services of a mobility instructor to provide service on a contractual basis to various school 18 districts in the state, and such revenue shall be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year and 19 expended by the School for the purpose of covering expenses in the Blind School. 20 6.6. (SDB: Cafeteria Revenues) All revenues generated from cafeteria operations may be retained and 21 expended by the institution for the purpose of covering actual expenses in cafeteria operations. 22 6.7. (SDB: School Buses) The school buses of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind are 23 authorized to travel at the posted speed limit. 24 6.8. (SDB: USDA Federal Grants) All revenues generated from USDA federal grants may be retained 25 and expended by the SCSDB in accordance with Federal regulations for the purpose of covering actual 26 expenses in the cafeteria/food service operations of the school. 27 6.9. (SDB: By-Products Revenue Carry Forward) The School for the Deaf and the Blind is authorized to 28 sell goods that are by-products of the school’s programs and operations, charge user fees and fees for 29 services to the general public: individuals, organizations, agencies and school districts, and such revenue 30 may be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the purpose of covering 31 expenses of the school’s programs and operations. 32 6.10. (SDB: Deferred Salaries Carry Forward) South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is 33 authorized to carry forward in the current fiscal year the amount of the deferred salaries and employer 34 contributions earned in the prior fiscal year for non-twelve month employees. These deferred funds are not to 35 be included or part of any other authorized carry forward amount. 36 6.11. (SDB: Sale of Property) After receiving approval from the Department of Administration or State 37 Fiscal Accountability Authority for the sale of property, the school may retain revenues associated with the 38 sale of property titled to or utilized by the school. These funds shall be expended on capital improvements 39 approved by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. For the 40 current fiscal year, the school is authorized to use the retained revenue from the sale of donated property for 41 educational and other operating purposes. 42 6.12. (SDB: USC-Upstate Visual Impairment Master of Education Program) Of the funds appropriated 43 to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, $50,000 shall be used to fund the Master of 44 Education Program In Visual Impairment at the University of South Carolina - Upstate. 45 6.13. (SDB: Educational Program Initiatives) The School for the Deaf and Blind is authorized to utilize 46 funds received from the Department of Education for vocational equipment on educational program 47 initiatives. 48 6.14. (SDB: School Leave Policy) The School for the Deaf and Blind is authorized to promulgate 49 administrative policy governing annual and sick leave relative to faculty and staff with the approval of the 50 School’s board of directors. This policy shall address the school calendar in order to comply with the 51 instructional needs of students attending the school. 52 6.15. (SDB: Buildings) For the current fiscal year; the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind 53 will be subject to the same requirements as a local education agency for the purposes of building renovation 54 and construction. 6.16. (SDB: Early Childhood Center) The School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be authorized to redirect and PAGE 52 transfer the $500,000 appropriated for the Thackston Hall Roof Replacement in Act 91 of 2015 by proviso 118.14(B)(5)(a) to the Early Childhood 1 Center Construction project. 2 SECTION 7 - L120 - JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL 3 4 7.1. (JDLHS: Status Offender Carry Forward) Unexpended status offender funds distributed to John de la 5 Howe School from the Department of Education may be carried forward and used for the same purpose. 6 7.2. (JDLHS: Campus Private Residence Leases) John de la Howe School is authorized to lease, to its 7 employees, private residences on the agency’s campus. Funds generated may be retained and used for 8 general operating purposes including, but not limited to, maintenance of the residences. 9 7.3. (JDLHS: Deferred Salaries Carried Forward) John de la Howe School is authorized to carry forward 10 into the current fiscal year the amount of deferred salaries and employer contributions earned in the prior 11 fiscal year for non-twelve month employees. These deferred funds are not to be included or part of any other 12 authorized carry forward amount. 13 7.4. (JDLH: Transition) In accordance with the purposes of the will of Dr. John de la Howe, by 14 September thirtieth of the current fiscal year, the Board of Trustees of John de la Howe is directed to work 15 with an advisory group comprised of one person each designated by the Director of the Department of Social 16 Services, the Director of the Department of Mental Health, the Director of the Department of Juvenile 17 Justice, the State Superintendent of Education, the Director of the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug 18 Abuse Services, the Chair of the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children, a Representative 19 appointed by the Speaker of the House, and a Senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 20 to recommend an educational, vocational, and life skills training program at the John de la Howe School for 21 older youth who are at risk and who are aging out of the foster care or the juvenile justice supervisory 22 programs of the Department of Social Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice. The program will 23 utilize the funds appropriated to John de la Howe School for the costs of the program that will include school 24 drop-out recovery to complete a high school degree, a GED program, vocational and employment training, 25 and an aftercare program for transition of the youth to independent living and employment. Clemson 26 University will collaborate with the advisory group regarding the development of a vocational farming 27 component for the program. 28 In consultation with the advisory group and as set forth herein, by November thirtieth, the John de la 29 Howe Board of Trustees will procure a contract with a child-service provider to operate the program. The 30 child-service provider must be a nationally accredited (AdvancED) educational organization experienced in 31 both child protection and juvenile justice programs and must be able to demonstrate a history of success in 32 the operation of educational and vocational residential training programs for youth. The Department of 33 Administration and the Executive Budget Office will assist John de la Howe as needed in the transition. 34 With funds appropriated and with technical assistance from Clemson University, the Department of 35 Administration and the Executive Budget Office, the John de la Howe School Board of Trustees will 36 continue to provide wilderness camp programs to students in the current fiscal year; and identify initiatives 37 to provide agricultural education opportunities on campus for students. 38 John de la Howe will work with the Department of Social Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice 39 to provide for the safe transition of the existing residents from John de la Howe School into such placements, 40 programs and services as determined appropriate based on an assessment of their individual needs. 41 In the development of the program and in the qualifications and selection of the child-service provider, 42 considerations by the John de la Howe Board of Trustees in consultation with the advisory group will include 43 the following:

44 (1) the overlap of needs of children who crossover for services between the Department of Social 45 Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice; 46 (2) educational, school drop-out recovery, GED, vocational programs, life skills training programs, 47 career and employment opportunities, and independent living programs for these older youth clients that can 48 be provided using the John de la Howe School facilities, resources, and funding to assist these youth who are 49 at risk and aging out of state services to prepare for success as adults; 50 (3) aftercare programs that will follow these youths into the community and help them to become 51 established in viable employment and living situations that encourage a future free of homelessness, 52 unemployment, poverty, alcohol and other substance abuse, criminal behavior, and dependence on public 53 assistance; PAGE 53 1 (4) provide the existing child clients at John de la Howe School with a proper, safe transition to family 2 reunification or other appropriate placements and services; 3 (5) provide consideration of current John de la Howe School employees, where appropriate, for 4 employment pursuant to the new provider contract for program services; and, 5 (6) how the existing funds and youth vocational training programs can be applied to provide repairs 6 and maintenance to the John de la Howe School buildings and grounds. 7 The John de la Howe Board of Trustees, with technical assistance from the Department of Education will 8 provide procurement for the contract, fiscal administration of the funds, contract accountability, compliance, 9 and reporting and will submit reports by June thirtieth of the current fiscal year to the House Ways and 10 Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on 11 Children to inform the Committees regarding the status and progress of programs, operations, client data, 12 facilities, and budget information. The John de la Howe Board of Trustees, in consultation with the advisory 13 group will make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly regarding the future role of the 14 John De La Howe School. 15 7.5. (JDLHS: Transition) For Fiscal Year 2017-18, all financial and programmatic management and 16 operations of the John de la Howe School shall be suspended and all employees terminated, effective July 1, 17 2017. 18 After the terminated employees final compensation has been paid, all remaining funds and vacant FTE’s 19 shall be transferred to Clemson University PSA. The university shall utilize transferred funds to perform an 20 evaluation and report focused on: (1) what agricultural educational programs can be offered that align 21 with the terms and purpose of the Dr. John de la Howe will; (2) what land management and operation 22 changes are needed in order for the property and remaining assets to support the agricultural education 23 programming mission of the will; and (3) what would be the projected costs of and timeframe for these 24 changes. Additionally, Clemson University PSA shall be authorized to utilize the transferred funds to 25 manage and maintain the grounds and other property of the estate as it sees fit, during the suspension 26 period. Clemson University PSA shall report to the Senate Finance Committee and to the House Ways and Means Committee by December 27 1 of the current fiscal year on its findings and recommendations. 28 SECTION 8 - H670 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION 29 30 8.1. (ETV: Grants/Contributions Carry Forward) The Educational Television Commission shall be 31 permitted to carry forward any funds derived from grant awards or designated contributions and any state 32 funds necessary to match such funds, provided that these funds be expended for the programs which they 33 were originally designated. 34 8.2. (ETV: Spectrum Auction) If the The Educational Television Commission receives any shall be 35 authorized to receive and retain all proceeds from the Federal Communication Commission TV Auction, the 36 commission is authorized to receive and retain the proceeds for the development of a capital reserve 37 declining balance fund. Up to $40,000,000 of the The proceeds shall be used to fund several critical capital 38 needs at ETV, including an expected broadcast industry standards change changes,. Proceeds shall also be 39 deployed for existing equipment repair, maintenance and replacement needs, and operational costs. Any 40 proceeds received above $40,000,000 must be placed into a segregated account and shall require General 41 Assembly approval prior to the expenditure of these funds. Unexpended funds shall be carried forward from 42 the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and used for the same purpose. Subject to the FCC 43 requirements for a specified quiet period, the commission shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of the 44 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on the intent to 45 enter the auction; dates of the auction; potential revenue estimates; and actual received revenue. 46 8.3. (ETV: Antenna and Tower Placement) All leases for antenna and tower operations within institutions 47 of higher learning campuses must conform to master plans for such property, as determined solely by the 48 institution of higher learning. 49 8.4. (ETV: Wireless Communications Tower) The Educational Television Commission is directed to 50 coordinate tower and antenna operations within South Carolina state government. The commission shall (1) 51 approve all leases regarding antenna placement on state-owned towers and buildings, (2) coordinate all new 52 tower construction on state-owned property, (3) promote and market excess capacity on the State’s wireless 53 communications infrastructure, (4) generate revenue by leasing, licensing, or selling excess capacity on the 54 State’s wireless communications infrastructure, and (5) construct new communications assets on appropriate PAGE 54 1 state-owned property for the purpose of generating revenue pursuant to this proviso. The commission shall 2 retain and expend such funds for agency operations. The commission shall be authorized to carry forward 3 unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. The commission shall annually 4 report to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees by October first of 5 each year all revenue collected and disbursed.

6 7 SECTION 11 - H030 - COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION 8 9 11.1. (CHE: Contract for Services Program Fees) The amounts appropriated in this section for 10 “Southern Regional Education Board Contract Programs” and “Southern Regional Education Board Dues” 11 are to be used by the commission to pay to the Southern Regional Education Board the required contract fees 12 for South Carolina students enrolled under the Contract for Services program of the Southern Regional 13 Education Board, in specific degree programs in specified institutions and the Southern Regional Education 14 Board membership dues. The funds appropriated may not be reduced to cover any budget reductions or be 15 transferred for other purposes. 16 11.2. (CHE: African-American Loan Program) Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher 17 Education for the AfricanAmerican Loan Program, 73.7 percent shall be distributed to South Carolina State 18 University and 26.3 percent shall be distributed to Benedict College, and must be used for a loan program 19 with the major focus of attracting African-American males to the teaching profession. The Commission of 20 Higher Education shall act as the monitoring and reporting agency for the African-American Loan Program. 21 Of the funds allocated according to this proviso, no more than ten percent shall be used for administrative 22 purposes. 23 11.3. (CHE: GEAR-UP) Funds appropriated for GEAR-UP shall be used for state grants programs to 24 reach disadvantaged middle school students to improve their preparation for college. Eligible South Carolina 25 public schools and public institutions of higher education shall cooperate with the Commission on Higher 26 Education in the provision of services under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 27 Programs (GEAR-UP) grant. 28 11.4. (CHE: EPSCoR Committee Representation) With the intent that the four-year teaching institutions 29 receive a portion of EPSCoR funding, the State EPSCoR Committee shall have an executive committee 30 consisting of one representative from each of the research institutions and one representative from the four- 31 year teaching university sector. 32 11.5. (CHE: SREB Funds Exempt From Budget Cut) In the calculation of any across the board cut 33 mandated by the Executive Budget Office or General Assembly, the amount which the Commission on 34 Higher Education is appropriated for Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Professional Scholarship 35 Programs and Fees, Dues and Assessments shall be excluded from the Commission on Higher Education’s 36 base budget. Funds appropriated for SREB programs may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and 37 expended for the same purpose by the Commission on Higher Education. 38 11.6. (CHE: Performance Improvement Pool Allocation) Of the funds appropriated to the Commission 39 on Higher Education under Section II. Other Agencies & Entities: Special Items: Performance Funding, 40 eighty percent will be allocated to the EPSCoR program under the Commission on Higher Education to 41 improve South Carolina’s research capabilities and twenty percent will be allocated to support the 42 management education programs of the School of Business at South Carolina State University. 43 11.7. (CHE: Troop-to-Teachers) Members of the Armed Forces either active-duty, retired, or separated 44 who are admitted to and enrolled in the South Carolina Troop-to-Teachers Alternative Route to Certification 45 program are entitled to pay in-state rates at participating state institutions for requisite program work. 46 11.8. (CHE: Need-Based Grants for Foster Youth) For the current academic year, youth in the custody 47 of the Department of Social Services and attending a higher education institution in South Carolina are 48 eligible for additional need-based grants funding of up to $2,000 above the $2,500 maximum. Foster youth 49 must apply for these funds no later than May first, of the preceding year. All other grants, both state and 50 federal, for which these foster youth are eligible must be applied first to the cost of attendance prior to using 51 the additional needbased grant funding. If the cost of attendance for a foster youth is met with other grants 52 and scholarships, then no additional need-based grant may be used. The Department of Social Services, in 53 cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education will track the numbers of recipients of this additional 54 need-based grant to determine its effectiveness in encouraging more foster youth to pursue a secondary PAGE 55 1 education. No more than $100,000 may be expended from currently appropriated needbased grants funding 2 for this additional assistance. 3 11.9. (CHE: Tuition Age) For the current fiscal year, the age limitation for those children of certain war 4 veterans who may be admitted to any state-supported college, university, or post high school technical 5 education institution free of tuition is suspended for eligible children that successfully appeal the Division of 6 Veterans Affairs on the grounds of a serious extenuating health condition. 7 11.10. (CHE: LIFE and Palmetto Fellows Enhancement Stipends) In the current fiscal year before fall 8 awards are made, to continue eligibility for LIFE and Palmetto Fellows Enhancement Stipends, students 9 shall certify and the institutions shall verify that the student is meeting all requirements as stipulated by the 10 policies established by the institution and the academic department to be enrolled as a declared major in an 11 eligible program and is making academic progress toward completion of the student’s declared eligible 12 major. These determinations are subject to the verification and audit of the Commission on Higher 13 Education. Institutions shall return funds determined to have been awarded to ineligible students. 14 11.11. (CHE: SmartState) The Commission on Higher Education is prohibited from expending any 15 source of funds on the marketing of the SmartState Program. 16 11.12. (CHE: College Transition Need-Based Grants) Of the currently appropriated need-based grants 17 funding, no more than $350,000 shall be used to provide need-based grants to South Carolina resident 18 students enrolled at a public institution of higher education in an established college transition program that 19 serves students with intellectual disabilities. The Commission on Higher Education shall allocate the 20 available funds to eligible institutions on the basis of student need and enrollment in the established college 21 transition programs. All other grants and gift aid for which these students are eligible must be applied first to 22 the cost of attendance prior to using the need-based grant funding. If the cost of attendance for an eligible 23 student is met with all other grants and gift aid, the need-based grant shall not be used. The participating 24 institutions, in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education, shall track the number of grant 25 recipients and other information determined necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of these grants in 26 assisting students with intellectual disabilities in college transition programs. 27 11.13. (CHE: Scholarship Awards) A student may receive a Palmetto Fellows or LIFE scholarship award 28 during the summer, in addition to fall and spring semesters of an academic year, provided continued 29 eligibility requirements are met as of the end of the spring semester. Students must enroll full-time, which 30 for purposes of the summer award will require enrollment in at least twelve hours over the course of the 31 summer. The summer is defined as the period between the end of the spring term and prior to the opening of 32 the fall term. The total summer award per student may not exceed half of the allowable academic year award 33 up to the cost of attendance and must be reimbursed if less than twelve hours for academic credit are not 34 attempted by the student during summer sessions. If awarded in the summer, a student’s total award during 35 his or her enrollment may not exceed the amount that would otherwise be provided under current semester 36 limits applied for the scholarship awards. The Commission on Higher Education may provide additional 37 guidelines necessary to ensure uniform implementation. 38 11.14. (CHE: Other Funded FTE Revenue) When institutions of higher learning request additional other 39 funded full-time equivalent positions, the Executive Budget Office shall inform the Commission on Higher 40 Education of its decision regarding the request and whether or not sufficient revenues exist to fund the salary 41 and fringe benefits for the positions. 42 11.15. (CHE: Abatements) By November first of each year, state supported institutions of higher learning 43 must submit to the Commission on Higher Education the total number of out-of-state undergraduate students 44 during the prior fiscal year that received abatement of rates pursuant to Section 59-112-70 of the 1976 Code 45 as well as the total dollar amount of the abatements received. The report must include the geo-origin of the 46 student, class of the student, comprehensive listing of all financial awards received by the student, number of 47 semesters the student has received the abated rate, as well as the athletic status of the student. The report 48 must also include the calculation method used to determine the abatement amount awarded to students as 49 well as the number of students that received educational fee waivers pursuant to Section 59-101-620. The 50 Commission on Higher Education is directed to compile the information received from the state-supported 51 institutions of higher learning into a comprehensive report and submit such report to the Chairman of the 52 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by January 5 th each 53 year. 54 11.16. (CHE: Outstanding Institutional Debt) By November first, institutions of higher learning must 55 submit to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 56 Committee, and the Commission on Higher Education, or its successor entity, data on all outstanding PAGE 56 1 institutional debt for their respective institution. Data shall include, but not be limited to, the amount of the 2 initial debt, year in which the debt was incurred, the year in which the debt will be satisfied, the repayment 3 schedule, and the purpose for which the debt was incurred. 4 11.17. (CHE: Longitudinal Data Reports) The Commission on Higher Education is directed to provide 5 quarterly reports to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways 6 and Means Committee on tuition and fees longitudinal data collected by the commission from colleges and 7 universities. 8 11.18. (CHE: Suspend Governor’s Professor of the Year Award) The requirements of Section 59-104- 9 220 of the 1976 Code pertaining to the Governor’s Professor of the Year Award shall be suspended for 10 Fiscal Year 2017-18. 11 11.19. (CHE: Council of Presidents) The Council of Presidents of state institutions of higher learning, as 12 established in Section 59-103-40 of the 1976 Code, shall convene meetings at least four times a year for the 13 purpose of investigating, studying, and reporting to the Commission on Higher Education on such subjects 14 as academic planning, business and financial coordination, and library utilization and coordination as 15 mandated by Section 59-103-40. 16 11.20. (CHE: Deans’ Committee on Medical Education) The Deans’ Committee on Medical Education, 17 as established in Section 59-101-190 of the 1976 Code, shall convene meetings at least quarterly each year 18 for the purpose of ensuring and coordinating the development and implementation of a strategic plan for 19 effective and efficient medical education, research, and related clinical services programs to best meet the 20 needs of the State of South Carolina as mandated by Section 59-101-190. In addition, all other directives 21 contained within Section 59-101-190 shall be performed. 22 11.21. (CHE: Capital Project Vetting) The Commission on Higher Education is directed to only evaluate 23 true, new capital projects for institutions of higher learning. Institutions shall submit auxiliary, 24 maintenance, or renovation projects directly to the Joint Bond Review Committee and shall not submit such 25 projects to the Commission on Higher Education for vetting.

26 27 SECTION 15 - H150 - UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON 28 15.1. (UoC: Science Center Renovation) In the current fiscal year, the University of Charleston may use funds appropriated in Fiscal Year 2005-06 for the School of Science and Mathematics’ Grice Marine Biology Laboratory, for the School of Science and 29 Mathematics’ renovation of the Rita L. Hollings Science Center. 30 SECTION 20 - H450 - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 31 32 20.1. (USC: Palmetto Poison Center) Of the funds appropriated or authorized herein, the University of 33 South Carolina shall expend at least $150,000 on the Palmetto Poison Center. 34 20.2. (USC: School Improvement Council) Of the funds appropriated to the University of South 35 Carolina Columbia Campus, $100,000 shall be used for the School Improvement Council. 36 20.3. (USC: Child Abuse Medical Response Program) Of the funds appropriated to the University of 37 South Carolina School of Medicine, not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the Child Abuse and 38 Neglect Medical Response Program. In addition, when instructed by the Executive Budget Office or the 39 General Assembly to reduce funds by a certain percentage, the university may not reduce the funds for the 40 Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Response Program greater than such stipulated percentage. 41 20.4. (USC: Palmetto College - Operating) The University of South Carolina is directed to allocate 42 $373,010 to the USC campuses at Lancaster, Salkehatchie, Sumter and Union in order to reduce the per- 43 student funding disparity that exists between each of these campuses. The university shall determine the 44 appropriate enrollment measure to guide the distribution of these additional, recurring state appropriations. 45 The allocation of state funds shall be reported to the Commission on Higher Education, the Chairman of the 46 Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

47 48 SECTION 23 - H510 - MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 49 PAGE 57 1 23.1. (MUSC: Rural Dentist Program) The Rural Dentist Program, in coordination with the Department 2 of Health and Environmental Control’s Public Health Dentistry Program, is established at the Medical 3 University of South Carolina. The funds appropriated to the Medical University of South Carolina for the 4 Rural Dentist Program shall be administered by the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium 5 physician recruitment office. The costs associated with administering this program are to be paid from the 6 funds appropriated to the Rural Dentist Program and shall not exceed four percent of the appropriation. The 7 Medical University of South Carolina is responsible for the fiscal management of funds to ensure that state 8 policies and guidelines are adhered to. MUSC shall be permitted to carry forward unspent general funds 9 appropriated to the Rural Dentist program provided that these funds be expended for the program for which 10 they were originally designated. A board is created to manage and allocate these funds to insure the location 11 of licensed dentists in rural areas of South Carolina and on the faculty of the College of Dental Medicine at 12 MUSC. The board will be composed of the following: the Dean, or his designee, of the MUSC College of 13 Dental Medicine; three members from the South Carolina Dental Education Foundation Board who represent 14 rural areas; and the President, or his designee, of the South Carolina Dental Association. The Director of 15 DHEC’s Office of Primary Care; the Director or his designee of the Department of Health and Human 16 Services; and the Executive Director of the South Carolina Dental Association shall serve as ex officio 17 members without vote. This board shall serve without compensation. 18 23.2. (MUSC: Telemedicine) From the funds appropriated to the Medical University of South Carolina 19 for the MUSC Hospital Authority, the Authority is directed to continue the development of South Carolina 20 Statewide Telemedicine network. The South Carolina Telehealth Alliance shall submit a proposal to the 21 MUSC Hospital Authority to determine which hospitals are best suited for a Telemedicine partnership. The 22 MUSC Hospital Authority shall provide bi-annual reports to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 23 and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee detailing the distribution of funds. 24 23.3. (MUSC: Rural Access Plan) The MUSC Hospital Authority, in conjunction with the Department 25 of Health and Human Services, shall study how to partner with existing rural hospitals to ensure that these 26 regions maintain access to medical care.

27 28 SECTION 25 - H590 - STATE BOARD FOR TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION 29 30 25.1. (TEC: Training of New & Expanding Industry) (A) Notwithstanding the amounts appropriated in 31 this section for readySC it is the intent of the General Assembly that the State Board for Technical and 32 Comprehensive Education expend the funds necessary to provide direct training for new and expanding 33 business or industry. 34 (B) In the event projected expenditures are above the appropriation, the appropriation in this section for 35 readySC may be appropriately adjusted, if and only if, the Executive Budget Office determines that the 36 projected expenditures are directly related to: 37 (1) an existing technology training program where the demand for the program exceeds the 38 program’s capacity and the additional funds are to be utilized to meet the demand; or 39 (2) a new program is necessary to provide direct training for new or expanding business or 40 industry. 41 (C) The adjustment may occur only upon approval by the Executive Budget Office. Upon the Executive 42 Budget Office’s approval of the adjustment, the Director of the Executive Budget Office must certify, in 43 writing, that the adjustment is directly related to either subsection (B)(1) or (B)(2). The Director must 44 immediately provide a copy of the written certification, including the amount of the adjustment, to the 45 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the 46 Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. 47 (D) Upon the Director’s written certification approving an adjustment, the State Board for Technical and 48 Comprehensive Education must submit a statement to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker 49 of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the 50 House Ways and Means Committee containing a detailed itemization of the manner in which funds initially 51 appropriated for technology training were utilized, the specific purpose for the adjustment, and the ultimate 52 recipient of the adjusted amount. 53 (E) The aggregate amount of all adjustments made pursuant to this section may not exceed ten million 54 dollars. PAGE 58 1 (F) In the event that projected expenditures for readySC exceed the amounts appropriated and the amount 2 of any adjustments authorized, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education may request a 3 supplemental appropriation from the General Assembly. 4 25.2. (TEC: Training of New & Expanding Industry Carry Forward) In addition to the funds 5 appropriated in this section, any of the funds appropriated under this section for the prior fiscal year which 6 are not expended during that fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for direct training of new and 7 expanding industry in the current fiscal year. 8 25.3. (TEC: Training of New & Expanding Industry - Payments of Prior Year Expenditures) The State 9 Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education may reimburse business and industry for prior year 10 training costs billed to the agency after fiscal year closing with the concurrence of the Comptroller General. 11 25.4. (TEC: MSSC) The funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive 12 Education for the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council Initiative may not be used for consulting 13 associated with the Initiative. 14 25.5. (TEC: Critical Statewide Workforce Needs) Of the funds appropriated in this act to the State 15 Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for E&G STEM Programs: Critical Needs Workforce 16 Development Initiative, the State Board must allocate the funds between the colleges based on a 17 methodology designed to best meet the state’s workforce needs and demands. This methodology should be 18 created by the State Board in consultation with the Department of Commerce and the Department of 19 Employment and Workforce and should identify the areas with the most critical need. For this purpose, 20 critical need shall be defined as unmet employment demand in areas or fields of Science, Technology, 21 Engineering, Mathematics, and Manufacturing. Funds must be used by the college for STEM programs. 22 25.6. (TEC: Aeronautics Training Center) Funds appropriated for the S.C. Aeronautics Training Center 23 may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and utilized for the same 24 purpose. 25 25.7. (TEC: Study of Employment of Entry-Level CDL Drivers by State and Local Agencies) From the 26 funds appropriated to and/or authorized for the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the 27 board shall establish a study committee to identify how best to facilitate and incentivize state and local 28 government fleet operations in the hiring of entry-level Commercial Drivers' License holders. The study 29 committee shall develop recommendations for the General Assembly to consider which include, but are not 30 limited to, coordination and cooperation with the Department of Education and the State Technical College 31 system; minimal and/or targeted agency entry-level employment-level objectives; state-sponsored incentives; 32 limitations on liability; state-sponsored insurance coverage underwriting for some initial period of 33 employment; payroll tax exemptions or incentives; and other state-sponsored support. 34 The study committee shall be comprised of twelve members as follows: 35 (1) two members appointed by the Governor, one of whom is an employee of the South Carolina 36 Insurance Reserve Fund and one of whom is an employee of the Department of Administration; 37 (2) two members appointed by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, 38 one of whom is a member of the committee and one of whom is an employee of the Department of 39 Education; 40 (3) two members appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, one of whom is 41 a member of the committee and one of whom is an employee of the Technical College System; 42 (4) one member appointed by the Secretary of Transportation; 43 (5) one member appointed by the South Carolina Municipal Association; 44 (6) one member appointed by the South Carolina Association of Counties; 45 (7) one member appointed by the South Carolina Trucking Association; 46 (8) one member appointed by the Motor Coach Association of South Carolina; and 47 (9) one member appointed by the Carolina Association of General Contractors. 48 Members of the study committee shall possess experience and expertise in human resources, safety, risk, 49 fleet management, or other areas consistent with this objective. Staff support shall be provided by the State 50 Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, with assistance from the staffs of the Senate 51 Transportation Committee and the House Education and Public Works Committee, upon request. Findings 52 and recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly by October 31, 2016. 53 25.8. (TEC: Workforce Pathways Funding Distribution) Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for 54 Technical and Comprehensive Education for the Workforce Pathways Program, the State Board must first 55 distribute $740,000 to Tri-County Technical College and $602,000 to Central Carolina Technical College in PAGE 59 1 order for each school to maintain operations of the existing Workforce Pathways programs established 2 pursuant to Act 286 of 2014. 3 Any remaining funds shall be set aside in a separate and distinct account until a formula for distribution is 4 developed by the State Board. The formula shall specify criteria for the Workforce Pathways program that 5 each technical school must adhere to in order to receive their respective share of the set aside funding. At a 6 minimum, each Workforce Pathways program must expand current best practices in technical career 7 pathways for youth and unemployed or underemployed adults leading to immediate employment in high 8 skill, high demand jobs with emphasis in STEM fields. The program shall utilize all credit and non-credit 9 delivery systems within the technical college, include cohort training options for adults, provide dual credit 10 for youth via college courses taught by college faculty, provide opportunities for prior learning credit for 11 adults, include structured work-based learning or other apprenticeship training approaches, and result in 12 industry-recognized work certifications as well as stackable postsecondary credentials. Workforce Pathways 13 programs shall establish or build on existing collaborative design and coordination efforts with area school 14 districts and career centers and with area employers. All technical colleges receiving funding through the 15 Workforce Pathways must provide comprehensive evaluation and reporting mechanisms that include long- 16 range tracking of individual and economic impacts as well as return-on-investment analyses. 17 The State Board shall report the formula for distribution and required criteria to the Chairman of the 18 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by August 31, 2016 19 2017.

20 21 SECTION 26 - H790 - DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 22 23 26.1. (AH: Use of Proceeds) The proceeds of facilities rentals, gift shop operations, training sessions, 24 sales of publications, reproductions of documents, repair of documents, research fees, handling charges, and 25 the proceeds of sales of National Register of Historic Places certificates and plaques by the Archives 26 Department shall be deposited in a special account in the State Treasury, and may be used by this department 27 to cover the cost of facility operations and maintenance, gift shop inventory, additional training sessions, 28 publication, reproduction expenses, repair expenses, and National Register of Historic Places certificates and 29 plaques, and selected Historic Preservation Grants. 30 26.2. (AH: Disposal of Materials) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Archives and History, 31 upon prior approval of the commission, may sell from its collections certain record and non-record materials, 32 which are not eligible for public auction, in a manner most advantageous to the department.

33 34 SECTION 27 - H870 - STATE LIBRARY 35 36 27.1. (LIB: Aid to Counties Libraries Allotment) The amount appropriated in this section for “Aid to 37 County Libraries” shall be allotted to each county on a per capita basis according to the official United States 38 Census For 2010, as aid to the County Library. No county shall be allocated less than $75,000 under this 39 provision. To receive this aid, local library support shall not be less than the amount actually expended for 40 library operations from local sources in the second preceding year. 41 27.2. (LIB: Information Service Fees) The State Library may charge a fee for costs associated with 42 information delivery and retain such funds to offset the costs of maintaining, promoting and improving 43 information delivery services. 44 27.3. (LIB: Continuing Education Fees) The State Library may charge a fee for costs associated with 45 continuing education and retain such funds to offset the costs of providing continuing education 46 opportunities. 47 27.4. (LIB: Books and Materials Disposal) The State Library may sell or otherwise dispose of books 48 and other library materials that are deemed by the State Library as no longer of value to the State of South 49 Carolina and the State Library’s collection. Funds received from the sale of books and materials shall be 50 retained and expended to purchase new materials for the collection. Unexpended funds may be carried 51 forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and be used for the same purpose. 52 27.5. (LIB: SCLENDS) The State Library may accept money for the South Carolina Library Evergreen 53 Network Delivery System (SCLENDS), a consortium providing patrons access to more library materials. 54 The consortium shall allow South Carolina libraries the ability to share resources and provide a forum for PAGE 60 1 sharing expertise in technical areas such as systems administration and cataloging. Funds received by the 2 State Library for SCLENDS shall be placed in a special account and shall only be utilized to pay for items 3 related to SCLENDS. Unexpended funds may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current 4 fiscal year and be used for the same purpose. 5 27.6. (LIB: Donations) The State Library may accept donation funds to be used for administration, 6 operation, and programs from any donor source. Unexpended funds shall be carried forward from the prior 7 fiscal year into the current fiscal year. 8 27.7. (LIB: Sale of Promotional Items) The State Library shall be allowed to sell promotional items with 9 the South Carolina State Library brand and logo for the purpose of generating funds for the State Library. 10 Unexpended funds shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. 11 27.8. (LIB: Consortium Purchasing) The State Library shall be authorized to accept funds to be used for 12 consortium purchasing between libraries (public, academic, special) that serve South Carolina residents. 13 Funds received by the State Library for consortium purchasing agreements shall be placed in a designated 14 account and shall only be used to pay for items related to specific consortium purchasing agreements. These 15 funds may be retained, expended, and carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year 16 and used for the same purpose.

17 18 SECTION 28 - H910 - ARTS COMMISSION 19 20 28.1. (ARTS: Professional Artists Contract) Where practicable, all professional artists employed by the 21 Arts Commission in the fields of music, theater, dance, literature, musical arts, craft, media arts and 22 environmental arts shall be hired on a contractual basis as independent contractors. Where such a contractual 23 arrangement is not feasible employees in these fields may be unclassified, however, the approval of their 24 salaries shall be in accord with the provisions of Section 8-11-35 of the 1976 Code. 25 28.2. (ARTS: Special Revolving Account) Any income derived from Arts Commission sponsored arts 26 events or by gift, contributions, or bequest now in possession of the Arts Commission including any federal 27 or other funds balance remaining at the end of the prior fiscal year, shall be retained by the commission and 28 placed in a special revolving account for the commission to use solely for the purpose of supporting the 29 programs provided herein. Any such funds shall be subject to the review procedures as set forth in Act 651 30 of 1978. 31 28.3. (ARTS: Partial Indirect Cost Waiver) The commission is allowed to apply a fifteen percent 32 indirect cost rate for continuing federal grants for which they must compete. The commission shall apply the 33 full approved negotiated rate to the Basic State Grant and any new grants received by the commission. 34 28.4. (ARTS: Grants) The Arts Commission must expend seventy percent of appropriated state funds on 35 grants to support the statewide improvement of learning and enrichment opportunities for children and 36 communities through educational and cultural programs with proven research based strategies. 37 28.5. (ARTS: Distribution to Subdivisions) Of the funds appropriated and/or authorized to the Arts 38 Commission for Distribution to Subdivisions, the following amounts shall be distributed in the same manner 39 as the funds were distributed in the prior fiscal year, subject to requests received and availability of funds: 40 $65,000 for Alloc MunRestricted; $34,012 for Alloc Cnty-Restricted; $928,569 for Alloc School Dist; 41 $40,000 for Alloc Other State Agencies; $459,026 for Alloc-Private Sector; $42,750 for Alloc Private 42 Sector; $75,449 for Aid Mun-Restricted; $41,155 for Aid Cnty-Restricted; $243,241 for Aid School 43 Districts; $389,171 for Aid Other State Agencies; $1,580,603 for Aid To Private Sector; $45,221 for Aid To 44 Private Sector-Reportable; and 3,750 for Aid to County Libraries. No later than December 1st of the current 45 fiscal year, the Arts Commission must report to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and 46 the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee the amount of aid/allocations distributed to subdivisions 47 during the most recently completed fiscal year, detailed by specific subdivisions.

48 49 SECTION 29 - H950 - STATE MUSEUM COMMISSION 50 51 29.1. (MUSM: Removal From Collections) The commission may remove accessioned objects from its 52 museum collections by gift to another public or nonprofit institution, by trade with another public or 53 nonprofit institution, by public sale, by transfer to the commission’s education, exhibit, or study collections 54 or to its operating property inventory; or as a last resort, by intentional destruction on the condition that the PAGE 61 1 objects so removed meet with one or more of the following criteria: (1) they fall outside the scope of the 2 South Carolina Museum Commission’s collections as defined in the Collection Policy; (2) they are 3 unsuitable for exhibition or research; (3) they are inferior duplicates of other objects in the collection; or (4) 4 they are forgeries or were acquired on the basis of false information; funds from the sale of such objects will 5 be placed in a special revolving account for the commission to use solely for the purpose of purchasing 6 objects for the collections of the State Museum. 7 29.2. (MUSM: Museum Store) The Museum Commission shall establish and administer a museum store 8 in the State Museum. This store may produce, acquire, and sell merchandise relating to historical, scientific, 9 and cultural sources. All profits received from the sale of such merchandise shall be retained by the Museum 10 Commission in a restricted fund to be carried forward into the following fiscal year. These funds may be 11 used for store operations, publications, acquisitions, educational programs, exhibit production and general 12 operating expenses provided that the expenditures for such expenses are approved by the General Assembly 13 in the annual Appropriation Act. 14 29.3. (MUSM: Retention of Revenue) The Museum Commission may retain revenue received from 15 admissions, program fees, facility rentals, professional services, donations, food service, exhibits and exhibit 16 components, and other miscellaneous operating income generated by or for the museum and may expend 17 such revenue for general operating expenses provided that such expenditures are approved by the General 18 Assembly in the annual Appropriation Act. Any unexpended revenue from these sources may be carried 19 forward into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purposes. 20 29.4. (MUSM: School Tour Fee Prohibition) The commission may not charge admission fees to groups 21 of children from South Carolina who have made reservations that are touring the museum as part of a school 22 function. 23 29.5. (MUSM: Dining Area Rent) Of the space currently vacant in the Columbia Mills Building, space 24 large enough for the museum to have dining space for school-aged children shall be provided to the State 25 Museum at no cost. 26 29.6. (MUSM: Remittance to General Services) The State Museum is directed to remit not less than 27 $1,800,000 to the Department of Administration as compensation for expenses associated with the premises 28 it leases in the Columbia Mills Building. In the event the General Assembly or the Executive Budget Office 29 implements a midyear across-the-board budget reduction, the rent that the State Museum remits to the 30 Department of Administration shall be reduced by the same percentage as the assessed budget reduction.

31 32 SECTION 30 - H960 - CONFEDERATE RELIC ROOM AND MILITARY MUSEUM 33 COMMISSION 34 35 30.1. (CRR: Southern Maritime Collection) The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum 36 Commission, on behalf of the Hunley Commission is authorized to expend funds appropriated for such 37 purpose to pay the outstanding note entered into to finance the purchase of the Southern Maritime Collection 38 and the Hunley Commission will assume custody and management of the Collection for the State. The 39 commission is authorized to use up to $500,000 of the funds transferred for implementation of this proviso. 40 The balance of the funds transferred may be used by the commission for costs associated with other Museum 41 operations. The General Assembly will provide for funds in future fiscal years to cover the costs of the 42 financing of the Southern Maritime Collection.

43 SECTION 32 - H730 - DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 44 45 32.1. (VR: Production Contracts Revenue) All revenues derived from production contracts earned by 46 people with disabilities receiving job readiness training at the agency’s Work Training Centers may be 47 retained by the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation and used in the facilities for Client Wages and any 48 other production costs; and further, any excess funds derived from these production contracts may be used 49 for other operating expenses and/or permanent improvements of these facilities. 50 32.2. (VR: Reallotment Funds) To maximize utilization of federal funding and prevent the loss of such 51 funding to other states in the Basic Service Program, the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation be 52 allowed to budget reallotment and other funds received in excess of original projections in following State 53 fiscal years. PAGE 62 1 32.3. (VR: User/Service Fees) Any revenues generated from user fees or service fees charged to the 2 general public or other parties ineligible for the department’s services may be retained to offset costs 3 associated with the related activities so as to not affect the level of service for regular agency clients. 4 32.4. (VR: Meal Ticket Revenue) All revenues generated from sale of meal tickets may be retained by 5 the agency and expended for supplies to operate the agency’s food service programs or cafeteria. 6 32.5. (VR: Basic Services Program - Educational Scholarships) For those persons with disabilities who 7 are eligible for and are receiving services under an approved plan of the South Carolina Vocational 8 Rehabilitation Department (consistent with the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, as amended) tuition costs at state 9 supported institutions (four year, technical, or trade schools) will not increase beyond the 1998 tuition rate, 10 will be provided, or will be waived by the respective institution after the utilization of any other federal or 11 state student aid for which the student is eligible. Persons eligible for this tuition reduction or sponsorship 12 must meet all academic requirements of the particular institution and be eligible for State need-based 13 scholarships as defined in Chapter 142, Title 59, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

14 SECTION 33 - J020 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 15 16 33.1. (DHHS: Recoupment/Restricted Fund) The Department of Health and Human Services shall 17 recoup all refunds and identified program overpayments and all such overpayments shall be recouped in 18 accordance with established collection policy. Further, the Department of Health and Human Services is 19 authorized to maintain a restricted fund, on deposit with the State Treasurer, to be used to pay for liabilities 20 and improvements related to enhancing accountability for future audits. The restricted fund will derive from 21 prior year program refunds. The restricted fund shall not exceed one percent of the total appropriation 22 authorization for the current year. Amounts in excess of one percent will be remitted to the general fund. 23 33.2. (DHHS: Long Term Care Facility Reimbursement Rate) The department, in calculating a 24 reimbursement rate for long term care facility providers, shall obtain for each contract period an inflation 25 factor, developed by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Data obtained from Medicaid cost reporting 26 records applicable to long term care providers will be supplied to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. A 27 composite index, developed by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office will be used to reflect the respective 28 costs of the components of the Medicaid program expenditures in computing the maximum inflation factor to 29 be used in long term care contractual arrangements involving reimbursement of providers. The Revenue and 30 Fiscal Affairs Office shall update the composite index so as to have the index available for each contract 31 renewal. 32 The department may apply the inflation factor in calculating the reimbursement rate for the new contract 33 period from zero percent up to the inflation factor developed by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. 34 33.3. (DHHS: Medical Assistance Audit Program Remittance) The Department of Health and Human 35 Services shall remit to the State Auditor’s Office an amount representing fifty percent (allowable Federal 36 Financial Participation) of the cost of the Medical Assistance Audit Program as established in the State 37 Auditor’s Office of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Section 105. Such amount shall also include 38 appropriated salary adjustments and employer contributions allocable to the Medical Assistance Audit 39 Program. Such remittance to the State Auditor’s Office shall be made monthly and based on invoices as 40 provided by the State Auditor’s Office of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 41 33.4. (DHHS: Third Party Liability Collection) The Department of Health and Human Services is 42 allowed to fund the net costs of any Third Party Liability and Drug Rebate collection efforts from the monies 43 collected in that effort. 44 33.5. (DHHS: Medicaid State Plan) Where the Medicaid State Plan has been altered to cover services 45 that previously were provided by one hundred percent state funds, or that have been requested to be added by 46 other state agencies, the department can bill other agencies for the state share of services provided through 47 Medicaid. In order to comply with Federal regulations regarding allowable sources of matching funds, state 48 agencies are authorized to make appropriation transfers to the Department of Health and Human Services to 49 be used as the state share when certified public expenditures are not allowed for those state agency Medicaid 50 services. The department will keep a record of all services affected and submit periodic reports to the Senate 51 Finance and House Ways and Means Committees. 52 33.6. (DHHS: Medically Indigent Assistance Fund) The department is authorized to expend 53 disproportionate share funds to all eligible hospitals with the condition that all audit exceptions through the 54 receipt and expenditures of these funds are the liability of the hospital receiving the funds. PAGE 63 1 33.7. (DHHS: Registration Fees) The department is authorized to receive and expend registration fees 2 for educational, training, and certification programs. 3 33.8. (DHHS: Fraud and Abuse Collections) The Department of Health and Human Services may offset 4 the administrative costs associated with controlling fraud and abuse. 5 33.9. (DHHS: Medicaid Eligibility Transfer) The South Carolina Department of Health and Human 6 Services (DHHS) is hereby authorized to determine the eligibility of applicants for the South Carolina 7 Medicaid Program in accordance with the State Plan Under Title XIX of The Social Security Act Medical 8 Assistance Program. The governing authority of each county shall provide office space and facility service 9 for this function as they do for DSS functions under Section 43-3-65. 10 With funds available to the department and by November 1, the Director of the Department of Health and 11 Human Services shall provide the governing authority and the legislative delegation of each county with 12 information on the condition of space furnished for this purpose and shall specifically identify any known 13 deficiencies with respect to the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By 14 May 1, the governing authority of any county with an identified ADA-related deficiency shall report to its 15 legislative delegation and the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services on its progress in 16 correcting such deficiency. 17 33.10. (DHHS: Franchise Fees Suspension) Franchise fees imposed on nursing home beds and enacted 18 by the General Assembly during the 2002 session are suspended. 19 33.11. (DHHS: Program Integrity Efforts) The Department of Health and Human Services is instructed to 20 expand its program integrity efforts by utilizing resources both within and external to the agency including, 21 but not limited to, the ability to contract with other entities for the purpose of maximizing the department’s 22 ability to detect and eliminate provider fraud. 23 33.12. (DHHS: Post Payment Review) The department is directed to perform post payment reviews as 24 permitted under Medicaid regulations to ensure compliance with the Hyde Amendment provisions as it 25 relates to the performance of medically necessary services under the Medicaid program. The results of such 26 reviews shall be available to the General Assembly upon request in a format that meets the requirements of 27 the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act (HIPAA) and Medicaid confidentiality regulations. 28 33.13. (DHHS: Long Term Care Facility Reimbursement Rates) The department shall direct staff to 29 complete and submit its Medicaid State Plan Amendment for long term care facility reimbursement rates to 30 the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services by August first of each year. The director 31 shall review the plan and submit to the Federal Government on or before August fifteenth of each year 32 provided the State Appropriations Act has been enacted by that date. All additional requests for information 33 from CMS concerning the plan shall be promptly submitted to CMS by the Department of Health and 34 Human Services. 35 33.14. (DHHS: Nursing Services to High Risk/High Tech Children) The Department of Health and 36 Human Services shall continue a separate classification and compensation plan for Registered Nurses (RN) 37 and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) who provide services to Medically Fragile Children, who are Ventilator 38 dependent, Respirator dependent, Intubated, and Parenteral feeding or any combination of the above. The 39 classification plan shall recognize the skill level that these nurses caring for these Medically Fragile Children 40 must have over and above normal home-care or school-based nurses. 41 33.15. (DHHS: CHIP Enrollment and Recertification) The Department of Health and Human Services 42 shall enroll and recertify eligible children to the Children’s Health Insurance Program ( CHIP) and must use 43 available state agency program data including, but not limited to, that housed in the Revenue and Fiscal 44 Affairs Office, to include the Department of Social Services’ Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program 45 (SNAP) and the department may use the poverty-related information from the Department of Education. 46 Use of this data and cooperative efforts between state agencies reduces the cost of outreach and maintenance 47 of eligibility for CHIP. 48 33.16. (DHHS: Carry Forward) The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to carry 49 forward and expend any General Fund balance and any cash balances from the prior fiscal year into the 50 current fiscal year for any earmarked or restricted trust and agency, or special revenue account or subfund. 51 The department shall submit a comprehensive reporting of all cash balances brought forward from the prior 52 fiscal year. The report shall, at a minimum, for each account or subfund include the following: the statutory 53 authority that allows the funds to be carried forward, the maximum authorized amount that can be carried 54 forward, the general purpose or need for the carry forward, the specific source(s) of funding or revenue that 55 generated the carry forward, and a detailed description of any pending obligations against the carry forward. 56 The report must be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chairman of the Senate Finance PAGE 64 1 Committee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Chairman of the House Ways and Means 2 Committee, within fifteen days after the Comptroller General closes the fiscal year. 3 33.17. (DHHS: Medicaid Provider Fraud) The department shall expand and increase its effort to identify, 4 report, and combat Medicaid provider fraud. The department shall publish on its’ agency homepage by April 5 first, of the current fiscal year, the results of these efforts, the funds recovered, and information pertaining to 6 prosecutions of such cases, including pleas agreements entered into. 7 33.18. (DHHS: GAPS) The requirements of Article 5, Chapter 6, Title 44 shall be suspended for the 8 current state fiscal year. 9 33.19. (DHHS: Contract Authority) The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to 10 contract with community-based notfor-profit organizations for local projects that further the objectives of 11 department programs. The department shall develop policies and procedures and may promulgate 12 regulations to assure compliance with state and federal requirements associated with the funds used for the 13 contracts and to assure fairness and accountability in the award and administration of these contracts. The 14 department may require a match from contract recipients. The department shall report to the Chairman of 15 the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committees on the contracts 16 administered. 17 33.20. (DHHS: Medicaid Accountability and Quality Improvement Initiative) From the funds 18 appropriated and authorized to the Department of Health and Human Services, the department is authorized 19 to implement the following accountability and quality improvement initiatives: 20 (A) Healthy Outcomes Initiative - The Department of Health and Human Services may tie 21 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments to participation in the Healthy Outcomes Initiative and 22 may expand the program as DSH funding is available. 23 (B) To improve community health, the department may explore various health outreach, education, 24 patient wellness and incentive programs. The department may pilot health interventions targeting diabetes, 25 smoking cessation, weight management, heart disease, and other health conditions. These programs may be 26 expanded as their potential to improve health and lower costs are identified by the department. 27 (C) Rural Hospital DSH Payment - Medicaid-designated rural hospitals in South Carolina may be 28 eligible to receive up to one hundred percent of costs associated with uncompensated care as part of the DSH 29 program. Funds shall be allocated from the existing DSH program. To be eligible, rural hospitals must 30 participate in reporting and quality guidelines published by the department and outlined in the Healthy 31 Outcomes Initiative. In addition to the requirements placed upon them by the department, rural hospitals 32 must actively participate with the department and any other stakeholder identified by the department, in 33 efforts to design an alternative health care delivery system in these regions. 34 (D) Primary Care Safety Net - The department shall implement a methodology to reimburse safety net 35 providers participating in a hospital Healthy Outcomes Initiative program to provide primary care, 36 behavioral health services, and pharmacy services for chronically ill individuals that do not have access to 37 affordable insurance. Qualifying safety net providers are approved, licensed, and duly organized Federally 38 Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs and other entities receiving funding under Section 330 of the Public 39 Health Services Act), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), local alcohol and drug abuse authorities established by 40 Act 301 of 1973, Free Clinics, other clinics serving the uninsured, and Welvista. The department shall 41 formulate a methodology and allocate $4,000,000 $3,600,000 for innovative care strategies for qualifying 42 safety net providers. The department shall formulate a separate methodology and allocate $6,400,000 43 $5,000,000 of funding to FQHCs, at least $1,600,000 $1,500,000 of funding for Free Clinics, and $1,600,000 44 $1,500,000 of funding for local alcohol and drug abuse authorities created under Act 301 of 1973. The 45 department shall may continue to develop and implement a process for obtaining encounter-level data that 46 may be used to assess the cost and impact of services provided through this proviso. The department shall 47 also explore a transition to a prospective payment system for FQHCs to provide greater predictability and 48 stability for FQHC budgets. 49 (E) Rural and Underserved Area Provider Capacity - The department shall incentivize the development 50 of primary care access in rural and underserved areas through the following mechanisms: 51 (1) the department shall leverage Medicaid spending on Graduate Medical Education (GME) by 52 implementing methodologies that support recommendations contained in the January 2014 report of the 53 South Carolina GME Advisory Group; 54 (2) the department shall develop or continue a program to leverage the use of teaching hospitals to 55 provide rural physician coverage, expand the use of Telemedicine, and ensure targeted placement and PAGE 65 1 support of OB/GYN services in at least four counties with a demonstrated lack of adequate OB/GYN 2 resources by June 30, 2017; and 3 (3) during the current fiscal year the department shall contract with the MUSC Hospital Authority 4 in the amount of $10,000,000 to lead the development and operation of an open access South Carolina 5 Telemedicine Network. Working with the department, the MUSC Hospital Authority shall collaborate with 6 Palmetto Care Connections to pursue this goal. No less than $1,000,000 of these funds shall be allocated 7 toward support of Palmetto Care Connections and other hospitals in South Carolina. MUSC Hospital 8 Authority must provide the department with quarterly reports regarding the funds allocation and progress of 9 telemedicine transformation efforts and networks. MUSC Hospital Authority shall publish a summary report 10 to the General Assembly indicating the overall progress of the state’s telemedicine transformation by March 11 1, 2017. In addition, the department shall also contract with the MUSC Hospital Authority in the amount of 12 $1,000,000, and the USC School of Medicine in the amount of $2,000,000 to further develop statewide 13 teaching partnerships. 14 (4) the department shall partner with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine to 15 develop a statewide Rural Health Initiative to identify strategies for significantly improving health care 16 access, supporting physicians, and reducing health inequities in rural communities. Any funding supplied by 17 the department in support of the Rural Health Initiative may be deducted from the allocation made to the 18 USC School of Medicine in section (E)(3)of this proviso. 19 (F E) The department shall allocate funds to be used for obesity education for patients, reimbursement 20 payments for providers, and continuing education for all providers through partnerships with the Department. 21 (G F) To be eligible for funds in this proviso, providers must provide the department with patient, 22 service and financial data to assist in the operation and ongoing evaluation of both the initiatives resulting 23 from this proviso, and other price, quality, transparency and DSH accountability efforts currently underway 24 or initiated by the department. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide the department with any 25 information required by the department in order to implement this proviso in accordance with state law and 26 regulations. 27 (H G) The department may pilot an all-inclusive a behavioral health intervention program for wrap- 28 around care to vulnerable mental health patients who frequent the emergency room in hotspots and 29 underserved areas within the state. The pilot program must provide reports detailing progress on the target 30 population and health outcomes achieved. These programs may be expanded as their potential to improve 31 health and lower costs are identified by the department. 32 (I H) The department shall publish quarterly reports on the agency’s website regarding the 33 department’s progress in meeting the goals established by this provision. 34 33.21. (DHHS: Medicaid Healthcare Initiatives Outcomes) Prior to February fifteenth of the current 35 fiscal year, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services shall make a presentation to the 36 House Ways and Means Healthcare Budget Subcommittee on the outcomes of Medicaid healthcare 37 initiatives enacted during the current fiscal year to improve the well-being of persons enrolled in the 38 Medicaid program and receiving services from Medicaid providers. 39 33.22. (DHHS: Carry Forward Authorization) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Health and 40 Human Services is authorized to carry forward and expend any General Fund balances for the Medicaid 41 program. Within thirty days after the close of the fiscal year, the department shall report the balance carried 42 forward to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 43 Committee. 44 33.23. (DHHS: Rural Health Initiative) From the funds appropriated to the Department of Health and 45 Human Services for the Rural Health Initiative, the department shall partner with the following state 46 agencies, institutions, and other key stakeholders to implement these components of a Rural Health Initiative 47 to better meet the needs of medically underserved communities throughout the state. The department may 48 leverage any and all available federal funds to implement this initiative. Recurring and non-recurring 49 funding for the Rural Health Initiative may be carried forward by the department and expended for the same 50 purpose. 51 (A) The Department of Health and Human Services shall take appropriate action to facilitate 52 incentivize the development of primary care access in rural and underserved areas, leverage Medicaid 53 spending on Graduate Medical Education (GME) by implementing methodologies that support 54 recommendations contained in the January 2014 report of the South Carolina GME Advisory Group, and 55 continue to leverage the use of teaching hospitals to ensure rural physician coverage in counties with a 56 demonstrated lack of adequate access and coverage through the following provisions: PAGE 66 1 (1) Rural and Underserved Area Provider Capacity - the department shall partner with the 2 University of South Carolina School of Medicine to develop a statewide Rural Health Initiative to identify 3 strategies for significantly improving health care access, supporting physicians, and reducing health 4 inequities in rural communities. In addition, the department shall also contract with the MUSC Hospital 5 Authority in the amount of $1,000,000, and the USC School of Medicine in the amount of $2,000,000 to 6 further develop statewide teaching partnerships. 7 (1 2) Rural Healthcare Coverage and Education - The USC School of Medicine, shall consult in 8 consultation with the South Carolina Office of Rural Health, in preparing a proposal for shall continue to 9 operate a Center of Excellence to support and develop rural medical education and delivery infrastructure 10 with a statewide focus, through clinical practice, training, and research, as well as collaboration with other 11 state agencies and institutions. The center’s activities must be centered on efforts to improve access to care 12 and expand healthcare provider capacity in rural communities. The department shall authorize at least 13 $1,000,000 to support center staffing as well as the programs and collaborations delivering rural health 14 research, the ICARED program, workforce development scholarships and recruitment, rural fellowships, 15 health education development, and/or rural practice support and education. Funding released by the 16 department pursuant to this section must not be used by the recipient(s) to supplant existing resources 17 already used for the same or comparable purposes. No later than February 1st of the current fiscal year, the 18 USC School of Medicine shall report to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the 19 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Director of the Department of Health and Human 20 Services on the specific uses of funds budgeted and/or expended pursuant to this provision. 21 (2 3) Rural Medicine Workforce Development - The department, in consultation with the Medical 22 Education Advisory Committee (MEAC), shall support the development of additional residency and/or 23 fellowship slots or programs in rural medicine, family medicine, and any other appropriate primary care 24 specialties that have been identified by the department as not being adequately served by existing Graduate 25 Medical Education programs. The department shall ensure that each in-state member of the Association of 26 American Medical Colleges is afforded the opportunity to participate in MEAC. New training sites and/or 27 residency positions are subject to approval as specified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical 28 Education (ACGME). Applications to the ACGME must be developed no later than June 30, 2017. The 29 department may also accept proposals and award grants for programs designed to expose resident physicians 30 to rural practice and enhance the opportunity to recruit these residents for long-term practice in these rural 31 and/or underserved communities. Up to $500,000 of the recurring funds appropriated to the department for 32 the Rural Health Initiative may be used for this purpose. 33 (4) Statewide Health Innovations - At least $2,000,000 must be expended by the department to 34 contract with the USC School of Medicine and at least $1,000,000 to the MUSC Hospital Authority to 35 develop and continue innovative healthcare delivery and training opportunities through collaborative 36 community engagement via ICARED and other innovative programs that provide clinical services, mental 37 and behavioral health services, children’s health, OB/GYN services, and/or chronic disease coverage gaps. 38 In consultation with the Office of Rural Health, the department must ensure collaborative efforts with the 39 greatest potential for impact are prioritized. 40 (B) The department shall continue to investigate the potential use of DSH and/or any other allowable 41 and appropriate source of funds in order to improve access to emergency medical services in one or more 42 communities identified by the department in which such access has been degraded due to a hospital's closure 43 during the past five years. In the current fiscal year, the department is authorized to establish a DSH pool , or 44 carry forward DSH capacity from a previous period as federally permissible, for this purpose and/or if 45 deemed necessary to implement transformation plans for which conforming applications were filed with the 46 department on or before April 1, 2016 pursuant to this or a previous hospital transformation or rural health 47 initiative proviso, but for which additional negotiations or development were required. An emergency 48 department that is established within 35 miles of its sponsoring hospital during the current fiscal year 49 pursuant to this or a previous hospital transformation or rural health initiative proviso and which receives 50 dedicated funding pursuant to this proviso shall be exempt from any Department of Health and 51 Environmental Control Certificate of Need requirements or regulations. Any such facility shall participate in 52 the Statewide South Carolina Telemedicine Network. 53 (C) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the Area Health Education Consortium’s Office of 54 Healthcare Workforce Analysis and Planning shall provide the department with any information required by 55 the department in order to implement this proviso in accordance with state law and regulations. PAGE 67 1 33.24. (DHHS: BabyNet Compliance) With the funds available to the department, the Department of 2 Health and Human Services shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, 3 and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee no later than December 31, 2017 on the status 4 of the department’s efforts to bring the BabyNet program into compliance with federal requirements. This 5 report must specifically address areas in which the BabyNet program has received low performance scores 6 and include any relevant correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education. The report must explain 7 the department’s plan for bringing BabyNet into compliance, including specific steps and the associated 8 timeline. 33.25. (DHHS: Personal Emergency Response System) With funds appropriated and authorized to the Department of Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2017-18, the department shall develop one or more Requests for Proposals, to provide for Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) to be issued to Medicaid recipients pursuant to the department’s Medicaid Home and Community-based waiver. The PERS devices must include in addition to emergency response services, unlimited twenty-four hour, seven-day a week live phone contact with experienced registered nurses for triage services. A PERS nurse triage call center must be accredited and must be separate from the PERS emergency response call center. The PERS device must have a wireless radio transmitter and a console that is cellular and does not require a traditional land line. A PERS device that includes nurse triage services also must comply with the requirements of Federal Communications Commission rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 68; and be approved by the Underwriters Laboratory or Equipment Testing Laboratories as a health care signaling product. The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for any waiver necessary under the department’s Medicaid Home and Community- based waiver to 9 implement these provisions. 10 SECTION 34 - J040 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 11 12 34.1. (DHEC: County Health Departments Funding) Out of the appropriation provided in this section 13 for “Access to Care”, the sum of $25,000 shall be distributed to the county health departments by the 14 commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Department of Health and Environmental Control, for the 15 following purposes: 16 (1) To insure the provision of a reasonably adequate public health program in each county. 17 (2) To provide funds to combat special health problems that may exist in certain counties. 18 (3) To establish and maintain demonstration projects in improved public health methods in one or 19 more counties in the promotion of better public health service throughout the State. 20 (4) To encourage and promote local participation in financial support of the county health 21 departments. 22 (5) To meet emergency situations which may arise in local areas. 23 (6) To fit funds available to amounts budgeted when small differences occur. 24 The provisions of this proviso shall not supersede or suspend the provisions of Section 13-7-30 of the 25 1976 Code. 26 34.2. (DHEC: County Health Units) General funds made available to the Department of Health and 27 Environmental Control for the allocation to the counties of the State for operation of county health units be 28 allotted on a basis approved by the Board of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The 29 amount of general funds appropriated herein for Access to Care shall be allocated on a basis such that no 30 county budget shall receive less than the amount received in the prior fiscal year, except when instructed by 31 the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly to reduce funds within the department by a certain 32 percentage, the department may unilaterally reduce the county health units up to the stipulated percentage. 33 34.3. (DHEC: Camp Burnt Gin) Private donations or contributions for the operation of Camp Burnt Gin 34 shall be deposited in a restricted account. These funds may be carried forward and shall be made available 35 as needed to fund the operation of the camp. Withdrawals from this restricted account must be in accordance 36 with approved procedures. 37 34.4. (DHEC: Children’s Rehabilitative Services) The Children’s Rehabilitative Services shall be 38 required to utilize any available financial resources including insurance benefits and/or governmental 39 assistance programs, to which the child may otherwise be entitled in providing and/or arranging for medical 40 care and related services to physically handicapped children eligible for such services, as a prerequisite to the 41 child receiving such services. PAGE 68 1 34.5. (DHEC: Cancer/Hemophilia) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the funds 2 appropriated herein for prevention, detection and surveillance of cancer as well as providing for cancer 3 treatment services, $545,449 and the hemophilia assistance program, $1,186,928 shall not be transferred to 4 other programs within the agency and when instructed by the Executive Budget Office or the General 5 Assembly to reduce funds within the department by a certain percentage, the department may not act 6 unilaterally to reduce the funds for any cancer treatment program and hemophilia assistance program 7 provided for herein greater than such stipulated percentage. 34.6. (DHEC: Local Health Departments) Counties of the state will be relieved of contribution requirements for salary, fringe benefits and travel reimbursement to local health departments. The amount of $5,430,697 is appropriated for county health department salaries, fringe benefits and travel. These funds and other state funds appropriated for county health units may, based upon need, be utilized in either salary or travel categories. Each county shall provide all other operating expenses of the local health 8 department in an amount at least equal to that appropriated for operations for each county in Fiscal Year 9 1981. In the event any county makes uniform reductions in appropriations to all agencies or departments for 10 maintenance and operations, exclusive of salaries and fringe benefits, a like reduction shall be made in funds 11 appropriated for the operating expenses of the local health department. 12 34.7. (DHEC: Insurance Refunds) The Department of Health and Environmental Control is authorized 13 to budget and expend monies resulting from insurance refunds for prior year operations for case services in 14 family health. 15 34.8. (DHEC: Emergency Medical Services) Funds appropriated herein for Emergency Medical 16 Services, shall be allocated for the purpose of improving and upgrading the EMS system throughout the 17 state. The monies allocated to the Counties are for the purpose of improving or upgrading the local EMS 18 system through the licensed ambulance services, the monies allocated to the EMS Regional Councils are for 19 the administration of training programs and technical assistance to local EMS organizations and county 20 systems. All additional funds are to be allocated as follows: to the counties at the ratio of eighty-one percent 21 of the additional funds appropriated herein, to the EMS Regions at a ratio of twelve percent of the additional 22 funds appropriated herein and to the state EMS Office at the ratio of seven percent of the additional funds 23 appropriated herein. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall develop criteria and 24 guidelines and administer the system to make allocations to each region and county within the state, based on 25 demonstrated need and local match. Funds appropriated to Emergency Medical Services shall not be 26 transferred to other programs within the department’s budget. Unexpended funds appropriated to the 27 program may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for administrative and operational 28 support and for temporary and contract employees to assist with duties related to improving and upgrading 29 the EMS system throughout the state, including training of EMS personnel and administration of grants to 30 local EMS providers. In addition, when instructed by the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly 31 to reduce funds by a certain percentage, the department may not reduce the funds appropriated for EMS 32 Regional Councils or Aid to Counties greater than such stipulated percentage. 33 34.9. (DHEC: Rape Violence Prevention Contract) Of the amounts appropriated in Rape Violence 34 Prevention, $1,103,956 shall be used to support programmatic efforts of the state’s rape crisis centers with 35 distribution of these funds based on the Standards and Outcomes for Rape Crisis Centers and each center’s 36 accomplishment of a preapproved annual action plan. For the current fiscal year, the department shall not 37 reduce these contracts below the current funding level. 38 34.10. (DHEC: Sickle Cell Blood Sample Analysis) $16,000 is appropriated in Independent Living for 39 the Sickle Cell Program for Blood Sample Analysis and shall be used by the department to analyze blood 40 samples submitted by the four existing regional programs - Region I, Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia 41 Foundation in Spartanburg; Region II, Clark Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Columbia; Region III, 42 Committee on Better Racial Assurance Hemoglobinopathy Program in Charleston; and the Orangeburg Area 43 Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation. 44 34.11. (DHEC: Sickle Cell Programs) $761,233 is appropriated for Sickle Cell program services and 45 shall be apportioned as follows: 46 (1) sixty-seven percent is to be divided equitably between the existing Community Based Sickle Cell 47 Programs located in Spartanburg, Columbia, Orangeburg, and Charleston; and 48 (2) thirty-three percent is for the Community Based Sickle Cell Program at DHEC. 49 The funds shall be used for providing prevention programs, educational programs, testing, counseling and 50 newborn screening. The existing Community Based Sickle Cell Programs will provide counseling for PAGE 69 1 families of newborns who test positive for sickle cell trait or other similar blood traits upon referral from 2 DHEC. The balance of the total appropriation must be used for Sickle Cell Services operated by the 3 Independent Living program of DHEC. The funds appropriated to the community based sickle cell centers 4 shall be reduced to reflect any percent reduction assigned to the Department of Health and Environmental 5 Control by the Executive Budget Office; provided, however, that the department may not act unilaterally to 6 reduce the funds for the Sickle Cell program greater than such stipulated percentage. The department shall 7 not be required to undertake any treatment, medical management or health care follow-up for any person 8 with sickle cell disease identified through any neonatal testing program, beyond the level of services 9 supported by funds now or subsequently appropriated for such services. No funds appropriated for ongoing 10 or newly established sickle cell services may be diverted to other budget categories within the DHEC budget. 11 For the current fiscal year, the department shall not reduce these funds below the current funding level. 12 34.12. (DHEC: Genetic Services) The sum of $104,086 appearing under the Independent Living program 13 of this act shall be appropriated to and administered by the Department of Health and Environmental Control 14 for the purpose of providing appropriate genetic services to medically needy and underserved persons. Such 15 funds shall be used by the department to administer the program and to contract with appropriate providers 16 of genetic services. Such services will include genetic screening, laboratory testing, counseling, and other 17 services as may be deemed beneficial by the department, and these funds shall be divided equally among the 18 three Regional Genetic Centers of South Carolina, composed of units from the Medical University of South 19 Carolina, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, and the Greenwood Genetic Center. 20 34.13. (DHEC: Revenue Carry Forward Authorization) The Department of Health and Environmental 21 Control is hereby authorized to collect, expend, and carry forward revenues in the following programs: Sale 22 of Goods (confiscated goods, arm patches, etc.), sale of meals at Camp Burnt Gin, sale of publications, 23 brochures, Spoil Easement Areas revenue, performance bond forfeiture revenue for restoring damaged 24 critical areas, beach renourishment appropriations, photo copies and certificate forms, including but not 25 limited to, pet rabies vaccination certificate books, sale of listings and labels, sale of State Code and 26 Supplements, sale of films and slides, sale of maps, sale of items to be recycled, including, but not limited to, 27 used motor oil and batteries, sale and/or licensing of software products developed and owned by the 28 Department, and collection of registration fees for nonDHEC employees. Any unexpended balance carried 29 forward must be used for the same purpose. 30 34.14. (DHEC: Medicaid Nursing Home Bed Days) Pursuant to Section 44-7-84(A) of the 1976 Code, 31 the maximum number of Medicaid patient days for which the Department of Health and Environmental 32 Control is authorized to issue Medicaid nursing home permits is 4,452,015. 33 34.15. (DHEC: Health Licensing Fee) Funds resulting from an increase in the Health Licensing Fee 34 Schedule shall be retained by the department to fund increased responsibilities of the health licensing 35 programs. Failure to submit a license renewal application or fee to the department by the license expiration 36 date shall result in a late fee of $75 or twenty-five percent of the licensing fee amount, whichever is greater, 37 in addition to the licensing fee. Continual failure to submit completed and accurate renewal applications 38 and/or fees by the time period specified by the department shall result in enforcement actions. The 39 department may waive any or all of the assessed late fees in extenuating circumstances, as long as it is with 40 public knowledge. 41 34.16. (DHEC: Infectious Waste Contingency Fund) The Department of Health and Environmental 42 Control is authorized to use not more than $75,000 from the Infectious Waste Contingency Fund per year for 43 personnel and operating expenses to implement the Infectious Waste Act. 44 34.17. (DHEC: Nursing Home Medicaid Bed Day Permit) When transfer of a Medicaid patient is 45 transferred from a nursing home to a receiving nursing home is necessary due to violations of state or 46 federal law or Medicaid certification requirements, the Medicaid patient day permit shall be transferred with 47 the patient to the receiving nursing home., provided that the receiving nursing home is an enrolled Medicaid 48 provider that already holds Medicaid patient day permits, in which case The the receiving facility shall 49 apply to permanently retain the Medicaid patient day permit within sixty days of receipt of the patient. 50 34.18. (DHEC: Mineral Sets Revenue) The department is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for 51 mineral sets. Funds generated from the sale of mineral sets may be retained by the department in a revolving 52 account with a maximum carry forward of $2,000 and must be expended for mineral set supplies and related 53 mining and reclamation educational products. 54 34.19. (DHEC: Spoil Easement Areas Revenue) The department is authorized to collect, retain and 55 expend funds received from the sale of and/or third party use of spoil easement areas, for the purpose of PAGE 70 1 meeting the State of South Carolina’s responsibility for providing adequate spoil easement areas for the 2 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in South Carolina. 3 34.20. (DHEC: Per Visit Rate) The SC DHEC is authorized to compensate nonpermanent, part-time 4 employees on a fixed rate per visit basis. Compensation on a fixed rate per visit may be paid to employees 5 for whom the department receives per visit reimbursement from other sources. These individuals will 6 provide direct patient care in a home environment. The per visit rate may vary based on the discipline 7 providing the care and the geographical location of services rendered. Management may pay exempt or 8 nonexempt employees as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act only when they are needed to work. 9 Individuals employed in this category may exceed twelve months, but are not eligible for State benefits 10 except for the option of contributing to the State Retirement System. 11 34.21. (DHEC: Allocation of Indirect Cost and Recoveries) The department shall continue to deposit in 12 the general fund all indirect cost recoveries derived from state general funds participating in the calculation 13 of the approved indirect cost rate. Further administration cost funded with other funds used in the indirect 14 cost calculation may, based on their percentage, be retained by the agency to support the remaining 15 administrative costs of the agency. 16 34.22. (DHEC: Permitted Site Fund) The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental 17 Control may expend funds as necessary from the permitted site fund established pursuant to Section 44-56- 18 160(B)(1), for legal services related to environmental response, regulatory, and enforcement matters, 19 including administrative proceedings and actions in state and all federal courts. 20 34.23. (DHEC: Shift Increased Funds) The director is authorized to shift increased appropriated funds in 21 this act to offset shortfalls in other critical program areas. 22 34.24. (DHEC: Health Licensing Monetary Penalties) In the course of regulating health care 23 facilities/services, the Bureau of Health Facilities Licensing (BHFL) assesses civil monetary penalties 24 against nonconforming providers. BHFL shall retain up to the first $50,000 of civil monetary penalties 25 collected each fiscal year and these funds shall be utilized solely to carry out and enforce the provisions of 26 regulations applicable to that division. These funds shall be separately accounted for in the department’s 27 fiscal records. 28 34.25. (DHEC: Health Facilities Licensing Monetary Penalties) In the course of regulating health care 29 facilities and services, the Bureau of Health Facilities Licensing (BHFL) assesses civil monetary penalties 30 against nonconforming providers. BHFL shall retain up to the first $100,000 of civil monetary penalties 31 collected each fiscal year and these funds shall be utilized solely to carry out and enforce the provisions of 32 regulations applicable to that division. These funds shall be separately accounted for in the department’s 33 fiscal records. Regulations for nursing home staffing for the current fiscal year must (1) provide a minimum 34 of one and sixty-three hundredths (1.63) hours of direct care per resident per day from the non-licensed 35 nursing staff; and (2) maintain at least one licensed nurse per shift for each staff work area. All other staffing 36 standards and non-staffing standards established in Standards for Licensing Nursing Homes: R61-17, Code 37 of State Regulations, must be enforced. 38 34.26. (DHEC: Radiological Health Monetary Penalties) In the course of regulating health care 39 facilities/services, the Bureau of Radiological Health (BRH) assesses civil monetary penalties against 40 nonconforming providers. BRH shall retain up to the first $30,000 of civil monetary penalties collected each 41 fiscal year and these funds shall be utilized solely to carry out and enforce the provisions of regulations 42 applicable to that Bureau. These funds shall be separately accounted for in the department’s fiscal records. 43 34.27. (DHEC: Prohibit Use of Funds) The Department of Health and Environmental Control must not 44 use any state appropriated funds to terminate a pregnancy or induce a miscarriage by chemical means. 45 34.28. (DHEC: Meals in Emergency Operations) The cost of meals may be provided to state employees 46 who are required to work during actual emergencies and emergency simulation exercises when they are not 47 permitted to leave their stations. 48 34.29. (DHEC: Compensatory Payment) In the event the President of the United States has declared a 49 state of emergency or the Governor has declared a state of emergency in a county in the State, Fair Labor 50 Standards Act exempt employees of the department may be paid for actual hours worked in lieu of accruing 51 compensatory time, at the discretion of the agency Director, and providing funds are available. 52 34.30. (DHEC: Beach Renourishment and Monitoring and Coastal Access Improvement) If state funds 53 are made available or carried forward from any general revenue, capital, surplus or bond funding 54 appropriated to the department for beach renourishment and maintenance, the department shall be able to 55 expend not more than $100,000 of these funds annually to support annual beach profile monitoring. 56 Additional funds made available or carried forward for beach renourishment projects that are certified by the PAGE 71 1 department as excess may be spent for beach renourishment and departmental activities that advance the 2 policy goals contained in the State Beachfront Management Plan, R.30-21. 3 34.31. (DHEC: South Carolina State Trauma Care Fund) Of the funds appropriated to the South Carolina 4 State Trauma Care Fund, $2,268,885 shall be utilized for increasing the reimbursement rates for trauma 5 hospitals, for trauma specialists’ professional fee, for increasing the capability of EMS trauma care providers 6 from counties with a high rate of traumatic injury deaths to care for injury patients, and for support of the 7 trauma system, based on a methodology as determined by the department with guidance and input from the 8 Trauma Council as established in Section 44-61-530 of the South Carolina Code of Laws. The methodology 9 to be developed will include a breakdown of disbursement of funds by percentage, with a proposed seventy- 10 six and one half percent disbursed to hospitals and trauma physician fees, sixteen percent of the twenty-one 11 percent must be disbursed to EMS providers for training EMTs, Advanced EMTs and paramedics by the four 12 regional councils of this state and the remaining five percent must be disbursed to EMS providers in counties 13 with high trauma mortality rates, and two and one half percent allocated to the department for administration 14 of the fund and support of the trauma system. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall 15 promulgate regulations as required in Section 44-61-540 of the 1976 Code for the administration and 16 oversight of the Trauma Care Fund. 17 34.32. (DHEC: Pandemic Influenza) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall assess 18 South Carolina’s ability to cope with a major influenza outbreak or pandemic influenza and maintain an 19 emergency plan and stockpile of medicines and supplies to improve the state’s readiness condition. The 20 department shall report on preparedness measures to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 21 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor by November first, each year. The department, in 22 conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, is authorized to establish a fund for the 23 purpose of developing an emergency supply, stockpile, and distribution system of appropriate antiviral, 24 antibiotic, and vaccine medicines and medical supplies. In the event the United States Department of Health 25 and Human Services makes available medicines or vaccines for purchase by states via federal contract or 26 federally subsidized contract or other mechanism, the department, with Executive Budget Office approval, 27 may access appropriated or earmarked funds as necessary to purchase an emergency supply of these 28 medicines for the State of South Carolina. 29 34.33. (DHEC: Pharmacist Services) For the current fiscal year, provisions requiring that all department 30 facilities distributing or dispensing prescription drugs be permitted by the Board of Pharmacy and that each 31 pharmacy have a pharmacist-in-charge are suspended. Each Department of Health and Environmental 32 Control Public Health Region shall be required to have a permit to distribute or dispense prescription drugs. 33 A department pharmacist may serve as the pharmacist-in-charge without being physically present in the 34 pharmacy. The department is authorized to designate one pharmacist-in-charge to serve more than one 35 department facility. Only pharmacists, nurses, or physicians are allowed to dispense and provide 36 prescription drugs/products/vaccines for conditions or diseases that the department treats, monitors, or 37 investigates. In the event of a public health emergency or upon activation of the strategic national stockpile, 38 other medications may be dispensed as necessary. 39 34.34. (DHEC: Coastal Zone Appellate Panel) The Coastal Zone Appellate Panel as delineated in Section 40 48-39-40 of the 1976 Code under the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall be suspended 41 for the current fiscal year. 42 34.35. (DHEC: Rural Hospital Grants) Rural Hospital Grants funds shall be allocated to public hospitals 43 in very rural or rural areas whose largest town is less than 25,000 and whose licensed bed capacity does not 44 exceed two hundred beds. Hospitals qualifying for the grants shall utilize such funds for any of the 45 following purposes: (a) the development of preventive health programs, medical homes, and primary care 46 diversion from emergency departments; (b) expanded health services, including physician recruitment and 47 retention; (c) to improve hospital facilities; (d) activities involving electronic medical records or claims 48 processing systems; (e) to enhance disease prevention activities in diabetes, heart disease, etc; and (f) 49 activities to ensure compliance with State or Federal regulations. 50 34.36. (DHEC: Camp Burnt Gin) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds appropriated to 51 the department pursuant to Part IA, or funds from any other source, for Camp Burnt Gin must not be reduced 52 in the event the department is required to take a budget reduction. 53 34.37. (DHEC: Metabolic Screening) The department may suspend any activity related to blood sample 54 storage as outlined in Section 4437-30 (D) and (E) of the 1976 Code, if there are insufficient state funds to 55 support the storage requirements. In that event, the samples may be destroyed in a scientifically appropriate PAGE 72 1 manner after testing. The department shall notify providers of the suspension within thirty days of its 2 effective date. 3 34.38. (DHEC: Fetal Pain Awareness) (A) The department must utilize at least one hundred dollars to 4 prepare printed materials concerning information that unborn children at twenty weeks gestation and beyond 5 are fully capable of feeling pain and the right of a woman seeking an abortion to ask for and receive 6 anesthesia to alleviate or eliminate pain to the fetus during an abortion procedure. The materials must be 7 provided to each abortion provider in the State and must be placed in a conspicuous place in each 8 examination room at the doctor’s office. The materials must contain only the following information: 9 “Fetal Pain Awareness 10 An unborn child who is twenty weeks old or more is fully capable of experiencing pain. Anesthesia 11 provided to a woman for an abortion typically offers little pain prevention for the unborn child. If you 12 choose to end your pregnancy, you have a right to have anesthesia or analgesic administered to alleviate the 13 pain to your unborn child during the abortion.” 14 (B) The materials must be easily comprehendible and must be printed in a typeface large and bold enough 15 to be clearly legible. 16 34.39. (DHEC: SCHIDS) From funds appropriated for Chronic Disease Prevention, the department shall 17 establish a South Carolina Health Integrated Data Services (SCHIDS) program to disseminate data about 18 prevalence, treatment and cost of disease from the South Carolina Health and Human Services Data 19 Warehouse and in particular the Medicaid System. The purpose of the program is to educate communities 20 statewide about improving health and wellness through lifestyle changes. 21 The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide data needed by the SCHIDS program to fulfill its 22 mission, and all state agencies and public universities involved in educating South Carolinians through 23 public programs for the purpose of improving health and wellness shall communicate with the program in 24 order to improve collaboration and coordination and the possible use of SCHIDS to assist in the evaluation 25 of program outcomes. 26 Medicaid staff shall coordinate with the SCHIDS program staff to target Prevention Partnership Grant 27 awards to those communities demonstrating a prevalence of chronic disease and/or lack of access to care. 28 34.40. (DHEC: Abstinence Education Contract) For the current fiscal year, funds made available to the 29 State of South Carolina under the provisions of Title V, Section 510, may only be awarded to other entities 30 through a competitive bidding process. 31 34.41. (DHEC: Immunizations) The department is authorized to utilize the funds appropriated for 32 immunizations to hire temporary personnel to address periods of high demand for immunizations at local 33 health departments. 34 34.42. (DHEC: Obesity) The Department of Health and Environmental Control is charged with 35 addressing the public health of our citizens and shall be the convener and coordinator of the fight against 36 Obesity in South Carolina. Because addressing the obesity epidemic requires behavioral, educational, 37 systemic, medical, and community involvement, the following state agencies should use their best efforts to 38 cooperate with the requests of the department and its partners to facilitate an environment that decreases 39 body mass index (BMI): Department of Education; Department of Health and Human Services; Department 40 of Social Services; Department of Mental Health; Medical University of South Carolina; University of South 41 Carolina Arnold School of Public Health; Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Department of 42 Commerce; Department of Transportation; and Commission for the Blind. 43 In addition, school districts must provide the Department of Health and Environmental Control with 44 information regarding their progress towards meeting certain provisions of the Student Health and Fitness 45 Act of 2005, specifically: Section 59-10-10 regarding the average number of minutes students exercise 46 weekly; Section 59-10-50 regarding the SC Physical Education Assessment; Section 59-10-310 regarding 47 efforts to promote healthy eating patterns; Section 59-10-320 regarding assessment of school district health 48 education programs; Section 59-10-340 regarding snacks in vending machines; and Section 59-10-360 49 regarding health curriculum. The department is given the authority to collect, compile and assess the 50 progress of the State and the School Districts in meeting the goals of this act. 51 34.43. (DHEC: Residential Treatment Facilities Swing Beds) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 in coordination 52 with the South Carolina Health Plan and to improve access for acute psychiatric beds as patient populations 53 demand, Residential Treatment Facilities (RTF) may swing up to eighteen beds per qualifying facility to 54 accommodate patients with a diagnosis of an acute psychiatric disorder. In order to qualify to utilize swing 55 beds a facility must meet the following criteria: the facility must currently have both licensed acute 56 psychiatric and residential treatment facility beds, the RTF beds must meet the same licensure requirements PAGE 73 1 as the existing licensed acute psychiatric beds, and any facility utilizing swing beds must keep the acute and 2 RTF patient populations separate and distinct. The utilization of swing beds must also comply with all 3 federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rules and regulations. 4 34.44. (DHEC: Tuberculosis Outbreak) (A) Upon discovery of a tuberculosis outbreak, the Department 5 of Health and Environmental Control may expend any funds available to the agency, for the purpose of 6 surveillance, investigation, containment, and treatment activities related thereto. 7 (B) During an investigation of an index tuberculosis patient, the Department of Health and Environmental 8 Control, through the South Carolina Health Alert Network, must notify the patient’s community that a 9 tuberculosis contact investigation is being conducted into the possible exposure to tuberculosis. This 10 subsection only applies if the investigation of the patient has met all of the following criteria: 11 (1) abnormal chest x-rays; 12 (2) positive Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) sputum results; and 13 (3) first round of contact investigation completed with results of individuals testing positive outside 14 of the index patient’s family. 15 (C) Upon being informed of or having reason to suspect a case of tuberculosis that is capable of 16 transmitting tubercle bacilli at a school or child care center involving a student, teacher, employee, volunteer, 17 or an individual working at the school or child care center for an employer providing services to the school 18 or child care center, the department immediately shall notify: 19 (1) if the case is at a school, the principal, and the Superintendent of the school district if the school 20 is a public school; and 21 (2) if the case is at a child care center, the director of the child care center; and 22 (D) When informing the principal of a school or the director of a child care center about a known or 23 suspected case of tuberculosis that is capable of transmitting tubercle bacilli as provided for in subsection 24 (C), the department shall provide: 25 (1) an update addressing the: 26 (a) status of the investigation, including the steps the department is taking to identify the source 27 and extent of the exposure and the risks of additional exposure; and 28 (b) steps the school or child care center must take to assist the department in controlling the 29 spread of the tuberculosis infection; and 30 (2) information and other resources to distribute to parents and guardians that discuss how to assist 31 the department in identifying and managing the tuberculosis infection. 32 34.45. (DHEC: Abstinence-Until-Marriage Emerging Programs) (A) From the funds appropriated to 33 DHEC in this act as a Special Item and titled “Abstinence-Until Marriage Emerging Programs” the 34 department shall award a twelve month grant for abstinence-until-marriage emerging programs. This 35 funding shall be awarded by the department only to nonprofit 501(c)(3) agencies meeting all the A-H Title 36 V, Section 510 definitions of Abstinence Education. 37 (B) Contracts must be awarded utilizing a competitive approach in accordance with the South Carolina 38 Procurement Code. 39 (C) Applicants must provide a budget and budget narrative to the department that explains how the funds 40 will be used. 41 (D) Prior to application, proposed programs/curricula must be certified by the National Abstinence 42 Education Association (NAEA) as meeting and being in compliance with all of the Title V, Section 510 AH 43 requirements for abstinence-until-marriage education programs. 44 (E) The department shall determine and develop the necessary application for awards. 45 (F) The programs implemented by the entity awarded a contract pursuant to this proviso may not violate 46 any portion of the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act when implemented in a school 47 setting. An entity that violates any portion of the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act must 48 reimburse the State for all funds disbursed. 49 Organizations or individuals awarded grants must provide quarterly reports on expenditures and 50 participation to the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Department of Social Services 51 within fifteen days of the end of each quarter. 52 (G) Grantees failing to submit reports within thirty days of the end of each quarter will be terminated. 53 34.46. (DHEC: Abstinence Until Marriage Evidence-Based Programs Funding) From the monies 54 appropriated for the Continuation of Teen Pregnancy Prevention, contracts must be awarded to separate 55 private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities to provide Abstinence Until Marriage teen pregnancy prevention 56 programs and services within the State that meet all of the A-H Title V, Section 510 definitions of PAGE 74 1 Abstinence Education. Contracts must be awarded utilizing a competitive approach in accordance with the 2 South Carolina Procurement Code. Proposed programs/curricula must be certified by the National 3 Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) as meeting and being in compliance with all of the Title V, 4 Section 510 A-H requirement for abstinence-until-marriage education programs. Applicants must provide a 5 budget for the proposed project for which the application is being made. Monies will be paid over a twelve 6 month basis for services rendered. Unexpended funds shall be carried forward for the purpose of fulfilling 7 the department’s contractual agreement. The programs implemented by the entity awarded a contract 8 pursuant to this proviso may not violate any portion of the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education 9 Act when implemented in a school setting. An entity that violates any portion of the South Carolina 10 Comprehensive Health Education Act must reimburse the State for all funds disbursed. 11 34.47. (DHEC: Wave Dissipation Device) From funds appropriated to the department for the Coastal 12 Resource Improvement program, the department shall permit a Wave Dissipation Device pilot program to be 13 initiated. 14 The deployment of a qualified wave dissipation device seaward of the setback line or baseline pursuant to 15 a study conducted by the Citadel or a research university is not construction and meets the permitting 16 exception contained in Section 48-39-130(D)(2). Prior to deploying or expanding a qualified wave 17 dissipation device, a person proposing to deploy or expand the device must pay the department a fee of ten 18 cents per linear foot of the proposed deployment or expansion. The department may order the removal of all 19 or any portion of a qualified wave dissipation device that the department determines causes material harm to 20 the flora, fauna, physical or aesthetic resources of the area under Section 48-39-130(D)(2) of the 1976 Code. 21 A ‘qualified wave dissipation device’ is a device that: 22 (1) is placed mostly parallel to the shoreline; 23 (2) is designed to dissipate wave energy; 24 (3) is designed to minimize scouring seaward of and adjacent to the device by permitting sand to move 25 landward and seaward through the device; 26 (4) the horizontal panels designed to dissipate wave energy can be deployed within one-hundred 27 twenty hours or less and can be removed within one-hundred twenty hours or less; 28 (5) does not negatively impact or inhibit sea turtle nesting or other fauna; 29 (6) can be adjusted after initial deployment in response to fluctuations in beach elevations; and 30 (7) otherwise prevents down-coast erosion, protects property, and limits negative impacts to public 31 safety and welfare, beach access, and the health of the beach dune system. 32 34.48. (DHEC: Birthing Birth Center Inspections) For With the funds appropriated and authorized to the 33 Department of Health and Environmental Control for this fiscal year, birthing the department shall ensure 34 that all licensed birth centers, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Birth Centers, must register 35 an on-call agreement and any transfer policies with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. 36 The on-call agreement shall contain provisions which provide that the on-call physician , or another 37 physician designated by the on-call physician, is readily available to provide medical assistance either in 38 person or by telecommunications or other electronic means, which means the physician must be within a 39 thirty minute drive of the birthing birth center or hospital, must be licensed in the State of South Carolina, 40 and have hospital admitting or consulting privileges, and shall provide consultation and advice to the 41 birthing birth center at all times it is serving the public. Furthermore, a birthing birth center shall document 42 in its practice guidelines and policies the ability to transfer care to an acute care hospital with obstetrical and 43 newborn services and must demonstrate this by: (A) coordinated transfer care plans, protocols, procedures, 44 arrangements, or through collaboration with one or more acute care hospitals with appropriate obstetrical and 45 newborn services; and (B) admitting or consulting privileges at one or more hospitals with appropriate 46 obstetrical and newborn services by a birthing birth center’s consulting physician. The department shall 47 require a $25.00 registration fee upon receipt and review of the agreements containing these provisions. 48 Acute care hospitals licensed by the department must negotiate in good faith and fair dealing effort with any 49 birth center licensed by the department within a 50 mile radius to establish a written transfer agreement 50 pursuant to this proviso. Birthing Birth centers registering on-call and transfer policies in accordance with 51 this proviso shall be deemed by the department to be in compliance with Section 44-89-60(3) of the South 52 Carolina Code and any implementing regulations for this fiscal year. 53 34.49. (DHEC: Abortion Clinic Certification) Prior to January 31, 2017, a facility other than a hospital 54 that is licensed and certified by the department to perform abortions must file a report with the department 55 that provides the number of physicians that performed an abortion at the facility between July 1, 2016 and 56 December 31, 2016, who did not have admitting privileges at a local certified hospital and staff privileges to PAGE 75 1 replace on-staff physicians at the certified hospital and the percentage of these physician in relation to the 2 overall number of physicians who performed abortions at the facility. The report must include a summation 3 of any abortion that resulted in an outcome which required a level of aftercare that exceeds what is 4 customarily provided by physicians in such cases in accordance with accepted medical practice and indicate 5 whether or not the abortion was performed by a physician with admitting privileges at a local certified 6 hospital and staff privileges to replace on-staff physicians at the certified hospital. Any summation of any 7 abortion must not divulge any information that is privileged or required to be maintained as confidential by 8 any provision of law. An applicable facility must remit a twenty-five dollar filing fee to the department for 9 the report required by this provision. 10 34.50. (DHEC: Data Center Migration) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Health and 11 Environmental Control for Data Center Migration, the department must utilize the Department of 12 Administration, Division of Technology Operations for shared services, including but not limited to, 13 mainframe services, application hosting, servers, managed servers, storage, network services and disaster 14 recovery services. Unexpended funds appropriated for the data center migration may be carried forward 15 from the prior fiscal year and used for the same purpose. 16 34.51. (DHEC: AIDS Service Provision Program) For the current fiscal year, funds appropriated and 17 authorized to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for clinical services and medical case 18 management shall be used to direct the department to establish through contract a pilot program for the 19 expansion of direct services to clients who are HIV positive. As part of the pilot program, the department 20 shall facilitate 340b pricing for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation by utilizing Ryan White Part B federal 21 funding to support this pilot in order to maximize the state’s resources and service provision beyond its 22 current levels. The department shall require that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation provide any reports or 23 information required by the 340b pricing program, and shall provide proof of the contractual relationship 24 between the department and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to the Office of Pharmacy Affairs at HRSA. 25 34.52. (DHEC: Home Health License Transfer) From the funds made available through the transfer of 26 licenses for Home Health Services from the Department of Health and Environmental Control to Capital 27 Care Resources of South Carolina, LLC, the department shall use the first $750,000 for the final close out of 28 Home Health including coverage of contractual obligations for the Home Health information system and to 29 transition those records to another format to meet record retention requirements and cover the one-time, non- 30 recurring expenses for the following items: 31 (1) Data Center Infrastructure $ 2,618,400; 32 (2) Pinewood Custodial Site Capital Improvements and Repairs $ 5,200,000; 33 (3) Electronic Medical Records $ 5,781,600; and 34 (4) Flood Recovery Operations $ 3,150,000. 35 34.53. (DHEC: Coastal Zone Boundary) Of the funds appropriated, the Department of Health and 36 Environmental Control shall report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2017, with an initial 37 recommendation to revise the coastal zone boundary, if any, and the study shall begin with Dorchester 38 County. 39 34.54. (DHEC: EMS Monetary Penalties) In the course of regulating Emergency Medical Services 40 (EMS) agencies and personnel, the Bureau of EMS assesses civil monetary penalties against nonconforming 41 providers. The Bureau of EMS shall retain up to the first $40,000 of civil monetary penalties collected each 42 fiscal year and these funds shall be utilized solely to carry out and enforce the provisions of regulations 43 applicable to that bureau. These funds shall be separately accounted for in the department’s fiscal records. 44 The agency shall provide a report on how these funds are expended to the Governor, the Chairman of the 45 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. 46 34.55. (DHEC: Remedial Actions on Regulated Dams) With funds appropriated or authorized for the 47 Department of Health and Environmental Control in Fiscal Year 2017-18, the department may enter into 48 contracts with one or more contractors to perform remedial actions on dams regulated under the SC Dams 49 and Reservoir and Safety Act as necessary to protect life or property. Remedial actions may be implemented 50 where the department has issued an emergency order for a dam to protect life or property. Remedial actions 51 include, but are not limited to, lowering water levels, placing rip rap, and breaching dams. These contracts 52 shall be exempt from the purchasing procedures of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code. 53 34.56. (DHEC: Greenwood Sewer Extension Line) Funds remaining from the $990,000 appropriated in 54 Act 117 of 2007, by proviso 73.12, Item 65(S) to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for 55 the Greenwood Sewer Extension Line shall be redirected for any project on the Eagles Harbor priority list, PAGE 76 1 less any outstanding expenses associated with the Greenwood Sewer Extension Line. Unexpended funds 2 may be carried forward into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purpose. 3 34.57. (DHEC: Lake Conestee Dam and Reservoir) Of the funds appropriated and authorized to the 4 Department of Health and Environmental Control, the department shall appropriate up to $185,000 to the 5 Conestee Foundation, the owner of the Lake Conestee Dam, to conduct an expert dam engineering study. 6 The objective of this study shall be to examine alternatives for the rehabilitation and/or replacement of the 7 present Lake Conestee Dam. The study shall include all inspection, survey, engineering analysis, risk 8 calculations, sampling and environmental testing activities, and hydrologic modeling necessary to evaluate 9 all viable alternatives, and related construction and long term care costs and other related requirements 10 necessary to compare the alternatives in accordance with appropriate state and federal agency 11 requirements, and customary dam engineering requirements. The study shall identify a Final Recommended 12 Alternative appropriate for final design and construction. 13 The contractor conducting the study on behalf of the Conestee Foundation shall be selected in a manner 14 similar to state procurement standards. The panel selecting the contractor shall be made up of one 15 representative of the Conestee Foundation, one representative of the Department of Health and 16 Environmental Control, and one appointee selected by the Greenville County legislative delegation. The 17 study must meet all regulatory requirements and the department will provide review of the study and scope 18 of work. The funding of this study does not obligate the State of South Carolina in any way for the future 19 cost of the anticipated rehabilitation or replacement of the dam. 20 34.58. (DHEC: Ocean Water Quality Outfall Initiative) In the current fiscal year, funds appropriated 21 and authorized to the Department of Health and Environmental Control in the department’s Beach 22 Renourishment Fund shall be made available as state matching funds for Horry County Ocean Water 23 Quality Outfall Initiatives. The department is authorized to retain and carry forward these funds into the 24 current fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. Any interest generated by the account must be credited 25 and deposited into this account, to be used as state matching funds for either local or federal funding, and 26 utilized for Ocean Water Quality Outfall Initiatives in Horry County.

27 28 SECTION 35 - J120 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH 29 30 35.1. (DMH: Patient Fee Account) The Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to retain and 31 expend its Patient Fee Account funds. In addition to funds collected for the maintenance and medical care 32 for patients, Medicare funds collected by the department from patients’ Medicare benefits and funds 33 collected by the department from its veteran facilities shall be considered as patient fees. The department is 34 authorized to expend these funds for departmental operations, for capital improvements and debt service 35 under the provisions of Act 1276 of 1970, and for the cost of patients’ Medicare Part B premiums. The 36 department shall remit $290,963 to the General Fund, $400,000 to the Continuum of Care, $50,000 to the 37 Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and $250,000 to S.C. Share Self Help Association Regarding Emotions. 38 35.2. (DMH: Institution Generated Funds) The Department of Mental Health is authorized to retain and 39 expend institution generated funds which are budgeted. 40 35.3. (DMH: Alzheimer’s Funding) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Mental Health for 41 Community Mental Health Centers, $900,000 must be used for contractual services to provide respite care 42 and diagnostic services to those who qualify as determined by the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related 43 Disorders Association. The department must maximize, to the extent feasible, federal matching dollars. On 44 or before September thirtieth of each year, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association must 45 submit to the department, Governor, Senate Finance Committee, and House Ways and Means Committee an 46 annual financial statement and outcomes measures attained for the fiscal year just ended. These funds may 47 not be expended or transferred during the current fiscal year until the required reports have been received by 48 the department, Governor, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House 49 Ways and Means Committee. In addition, when instructed by the Executive Budget Office or the General 50 Assembly to reduce funds by a certain percentage, the department may not reduce the funds transferred to 51 the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association greater than such stipulated percentage. 52 35.4. (DMH: Crisis Intervention Training) Of the funds appropriated to the department, $170,500 shall 53 be utilized for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) SC for Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). PAGE 77 1 35.5. (DMH: Uncompensated Patient Medical Care) There is created an Uncompensated Patient Care 2 Fund to be used by the department for medical costs incurred for patients. These funds may be carried 3 forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. 4 35.6. (DMH: Meals in Emergency Operations) The cost of meals may be provided to state employees 5 who are required to work during actual emergencies and emergency simulation exercises when they are not 6 permitted to leave their stations. 7 35.7. (DMH: Deferred Maintenance, Capital Projects, Ordinary Repair and Maintenance) The 8 Department of Mental Health is authorized to establish an interest bearing fund with the State Treasurer to 9 deposit funds appropriated for deferred maintenance and other onetime funds from any source. The 10 department is also authorized to retain and deposit into the fund proceeds from the sale of excess real 11 property owned by, under the control of, or assigned to the department. After receiving any required 12 approvals, the department is authorized to expend these funds for the purpose of deferred maintenance, 13 capital projects, and ordinary repair and maintenance. These funds may be carried forward from the prior 14 fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. 15 35.8. (DMH: Lease Payments to SFAA for SVP Program) In the current fiscal year, funds appropriated 16 and authorized to the Department of Mental Health for Lease Payments to the State Fiscal Accountability 17 Authority for the Sexually Violent Predator Program are exempt from any across-the-board base reductions.

18 19 SECTION 36 - J160 - DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS 20 21 36.1. (DDSN: Work Activity Programs) All revenues derived from production contracts earned by 22 individuals served by the department in Work Activity Programs be retained by the South Carolina 23 Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and carried forward as necessary into the following fiscal year 24 to be used for other operating expenses and/or permanent improvements of these Work Activity Programs. 25 36.2. (DDSN: Sale of Excess Real Property) The department is authorized to retain revenues associated 26 with the sale of excess real property owned by, under the control of, or assigned to the department and may 27 expend these funds as grants to purchase or build community residences and day program facilities for the 28 individuals DDSN serves. The department shall follow all the policies and procedures of the Department of 29 Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Joint Bond Review Committee. 30 36.3. (DDSN: Prenatal Diagnosis) Revenues not to exceed $126,000 from client fees, credited to the 31 debt service fund and not required to meet the department’s debt service requirement, may be expended only 32 in the current fiscal year to promote expanded prenatal diagnosis of intellectual and/or other related 33 disabilities by the Greenwood Genetic Center. 34 36.4. (DDSN: Medicaid-Funded Contract Settlements) The department is authorized to carry forward 35 and retain settlements under Medicaid-funded contracts. 36 36.5. (DDSN: Departmental Generated Revenue) The department is authorized to continue to expend 37 departmental generated revenues that are authorized in the budget. 38 36.6. (DDSN: Transfer of Capital/Property) The department may transfer capital to include property and 39 buildings to local DSN providers with State Fiscal Accountability Authority approval. 40 36.7. (DDSN: Unlicensed Medication Providers) The provision of selected prescribed medications may 41 be performed by selected designated unlicensed persons in community-based programs sponsored, licensed 42 or certified by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, provided such selected the 43 unlicensed persons have documented successful completion of medication training and skill competency 44 evaluation. Licensed nurses, licensed pharmacists and licensed medical doctors may train and supervise 45 selected designated unlicensed persons to provide medications and, after reviewing competency evaluations, 46 may approve selected designated unlicensed persons for the provision of medications. The provision of 47 medications by selected designated unlicensed persons is limited to oral, sublingual, buccal, and topical, 48 inhalation and transdermal medications; ear drops, eye drops, nasal sprays, injections of and to regularly 49 scheduled insulin and injections of prescribed anaphylactic treatments. under established medical protocol 50 and does not include The provision of medications by designated unlicensed persons does not include rectal 51 and vaginal medications, sliding scale insulin or other injectable medications. A written or electronic record 52 regarding each medication provided, including time and amount administered, is required as part of the 53 provision of medication. Provision of medication does not include judgment, evaluation or assessment by 54 the designated unlicensed persons. The selected designated unlicensed persons and the nurses, pharmacists PAGE 78 1 and medical doctors that train, approve, and supervise these staff shall be protected against tort liability 2 provided their actions are within the scope of their job duties and the established medical protocol. 3 The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs shall establish curriculum and standards for training and 4 oversight. 5 This provision shall not apply to a facility licensed as an intermediate care facility for individuals with 6 intellectual and/or related disability. 7 36.8. (DDSN: Pervasive Developmental Disorder) The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, as 8 the agency authorized to treat autistic disorder, is designated for a Medicaid project to treat children who 9 have been diagnosed by eight years of age with a pervasive developmental disorder. The project must target 10 the youngest ages feasible for treatment effectiveness, treatment for each individual child shall not exceed 11 three years without a special exception as defined in the waiver, and reimbursement for each individual 12 participant may not exceed $50,000 per year. The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the 13 Department of Health and Human Services will determine the areas of the State with the greatest need and 14 availability of providers. Children participating in the project will be selected based upon an application 15 system developed in compliance with the Medicaid waiver. Treatment will be provided as authorized and 16 prescribed by the department according to the degree of the developmental disability. In authorizing and 17 prescribing treatment the department may award grants or negotiate and contract with public or private 18 entities to implement intervention programs, which must comply with Medicaid reimbursement 19 methodologies, for children who have been diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder. “Pervasive 20 developmental disorder” means a neurological condition, including autistic disorder and Asperger’s 21 syndrome, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 22 of the American Psychiatric Association. The department shall report semi-annually to the General 23 Assembly and the Governor on the developmental progress of the children participating in the project and 24 the fiscal status of the project, to include expenditure data and appropriation balances. This provision does 25 not establish or authorize creation of an entitlement program or benefit. 26 The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the Department of Health and Human Services 27 shall develop a plan to transition children in the Pervasive Developmental Disorder Program (PDD) to 28 Medicaid State Plan services in a manner that minimizes any break in service. Private insurance benefits 29 which include Autism Spectrum Disorder services shall be sought prior to the expenditure of Medicaid or 30 State funds for these services. For children not Medicaid eligible, the Department of Disabilities and Special 31 Needs shall develop a sliding fee scale based on a means test for determining payment by a family for PDD 32 services. 33 36.9. (DDSN: Child Daycare Centers) Of the funds appropriated to the department, the department shall 34 provide reimbursement for services provided to department eligible children at daycare centers previously 35 under contract prior to December 31, 2008. The reimbursement shall not be less than eighty percent of the 36 amount reimbursed in the previous fiscal year. By September fifteenth, the department must transfer 37 $100,000 to the Anderson County Disabilities Board for the provision of these services. 38 36.10. (DDSN: Debt Service Account) The department shall utilize the uncommitted dollars in their debt 39 service account, account E164660, for operations and services that are not funded in the appropriations bill. 40 By August first, the department must report to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, 41 and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on the remaining balance in this account and on 42 the amounts and purposes for which the account was used in the prior fiscal year. 43 36.11. (DDSN: Traumatic Brain Injury) Funds appropriated to the agency for Traumatic Brain 44 Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Post-Acute Rehabilitation shall be used for that purpose only. In the event the 45 department receives a general fund reduction in the current fiscal year, any reductions to the post-acute 46 rehabilitation funding shall not exceed reductions in proportion to the agency as a whole. 47 36.12. (DDSN: Greenwood Genetic Center Autism Research) The department is authorized to transfer up 48 to $500,000 of unencumbered funds from the PDD autism waiver to the Greenwood Genetic Center for 49 autism research. 50 36.13. (DDSN: Medicaid Direct Billing) The department shall facilitate Medicaid direct billing for all 51 providers, including local disabilities and special needs boards, who choose to initiate the direct billing 52 process regardless of the receipt of capital grant funds from the department for the specific facility involved. 53 All entities receiving capital grant funds must use the funds as originally specified in the award. If the 54 purpose or use of a facility constructed or purchased with departmental grant funds is altered without the 55 department’s approval, the entity must repay the department the amount of the funds awarded. The use of 56 direct billing shall not be construed as a change in the purpose or use of a facility. PAGE 79 1 36.14. (DDSN: Carry Forward Authorization) For the current fiscal year, the department is authorized to 2 carry forward any balance of General Funds appropriated for the reduction of the department’s waiting lists 3 in the prior fiscal year and must utilize these funds for the same purpose in the current fiscal year. Within 4 thirty days after the close of the fiscal year, the department shall report the balance carried forward to the 5 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. 6 36.15. (DDSN: Service Providers Expenditure Requirement) For the current fiscal year, in order to 7 accommodate service provider infrastructure needs resulting from the reductions in the department’s waiting 8 lists, service providers including local disabilities and special needs boards are authorized to carry forward 9 from the prior fiscal year unexpended funds based on a ninety percent expenditure requirement for capitated 10 services. Service providers shall not withhold services in order to generate funds to be carried forward. The 11 expenditure requirement shall not affect the department’s three month reserve limitation policy. If the 12 department’s Medicaid allowable costs, in the aggregate, do not meet the level of certified public 13 expenditures (CPEs) reported to the Department of Health and Human Services, the department is allowed to 14 recoup funds necessary to remain in compliance with federal Medicaid CPE rules. 15 36.16. (DDSN: Beaufort DSN Facility) For Fiscal Year 2017-18, the Department of Disabilities and 16 Special Needs is authorized to retain the full amount of proceeds from the sale of the local Disabilities and 17 Special Needs Board of Beaufort County property. The funds retained from this sale must be used by the 18 department to purchase a new property for the local Disabilities and Special Needs Board in Beaufort 19 County that more appropriately meets the needs of the individuals served. Unexpended funds may be 20 carried forward into the current fiscal year and used for the same purpose. The department must provide a 21 status report to the Beaufort County Legislative Delegation by June 30, 2018, detailing the retention of any 22 sale proceeds and/or the expenditures of those funds.

23 24 SECTION 37 - J200 - DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES 25 26 37.1. (DAODAS: Training & Conference Revenue) The department may charge fees for training events 27 and conferences. The revenues from such events shall be retained by the department to increase education 28 and professional development initiatives. 29 37.2. (DAODAS: Gambling Addiction Services) In that gambling is a serious problem in South 30 Carolina, the department through its local county commissions may provide, from funds appropriated to the 31 department, information, education, and referral services to persons experiencing gambling addictions. 32 37.3. (DAODAS: Medicaid Match Transfer) At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Department of 33 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services will transfer $1,915,902 to the Department of Health and Human 34 Services to meet federal Medicaid Match participation requirements for the delivery of alcohol and other 35 drug abuse services to the Medicaid beneficiary population.

36 37 SECTION 38 - L040 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 38 39 38.1. (DSS: Fee Retention) The Department of Social Services shall recoup all refunds and identified 40 program overpayments and all such overpayments shall be recouped in accordance with established 41 collection policy. Funds of $800,000 collected under the Child Support Enforcement Program (Title IV-D) 42 which are state funds shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund of the State. 43 All state funds above $800,000 shall be retained by the department to fund Self-Sufficiency and Family 44 Preservation and Support initiatives. 45 38.2. (DSS: Recovered State Funds) The department shall withhold a portion of the State Funds 46 recovered, under the Title IV-D Program, for credit to the general fund in order to allow full participation in 47 the federal “set off” program offered through the Internal Revenue Service, the withholding of 48 unemployment insurance benefits through the Department of Employment and Workforce and 49 reimbursement for expenditures related to blood testing. Such funds may not be expended for any other 50 purpose. The Department of Social Services shall be allowed to utilize the State share of Federally required 51 fees, collected from non-TANF clients, in the administration of the Child Support Enforcement Program. 52 Such funds may not be expended for any other purpose. However, this shall not include Child Support 53 Enforcement Program incentives paid to the program from federal funds to encourage and reward cost 54 effective performance. Such incentives are to be reinvested in the program to increase collections of support PAGE 80 1 at the state and county levels in a manner consistent with federal laws and regulations governing such 2 incentive payments. The department shall not use clerk of court incentive funds to replace agency operating 3 funds. Such funds shall be remitted to the appropriate state governmental entity to further child support 4 collection efforts. 5 38.3. (DSS: Foster Children Burial Expenses) The expenditure of funds allocated for burials of foster 6 children and adults in the custody of the Department of Social Services shall not exceed one thousand five 7 hundred dollars per burial. 8 38.4. (DSS: Battered Spouse Funds) Appropriations included in Subprogram II.J. entitled Battered 9 Spouse shall be allocated through contractual agreement to providers of this service. These appropriations 10 may also be used for public awareness and contracted services for victims of this social problem including 11 the abused and children accompanying the abused. Such funds may not be expended for any other purpose 12 nor be reduced by any amount greater than that stipulated by the Executive Budget Office or the General 13 Assembly for the agency as a whole. 14 38.5. (DSS: Court Examiner Service Exemption) In order to prevent the loss of federal funds to the 15 State, employees of the Department of Social Services whose salaries are paid in full or in part from federal 16 funds will be exempt from serving as court examiners. 17 38.6. (DSS: TANF Advance Funds) The Department of Social Services is authorized to advance 18 sufficient funds during each fiscal year from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Assistance 19 Payments general fund appropriations to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Assistance Payments 20 federal account only for the purpose of allowing a sufficient cash flow in the federal account. The advance 21 must be refunded no later than April of the same fiscal year. Upon the advance of funds as provided herein, 22 the Comptroller General is authorized to process the July voucher for the funding of benefit checks. 23 38.7. (DSS: Fee Schedule) The Department of Social Services shall be allowed to charge fees and 24 accept donations, grants, and bequests for social services provided under their direct responsibility on the 25 basis of a fee schedule. The fees collected shall be utilized by the Department of Social Services to further 26 develop and administer these program efforts. The below fee schedule is established for the current fiscal 27 year. 28 Day Care 29 Family Child Care Homes (up to six children) $ 15 30 Group Child Care Homes (7-12 children) $ 30 31 Registered Church Child Care (13+) $ 50 32 Licensed Child Care Centers (13-49) $ 50 33 Licensed Child Care Centers (50-99) $ 75 34 Licensed Child Care Centers (100-199) $ 100 35 Licensed Child Care Centers (200+) $ 125 36 Central Registry Checks 37 Nonprofit Entities $8 38 For-profit Agencies $ 25 39 State Agencies $8 40 Schools $8 41 Day Care $8 42 Other – Volunteer Organizations $8 43 Other Children’s Services 44 Services Related to Adoption of Children from 45 Other Countries $ 225 46 Court-ordered Home Studies in non-DSS Custody Cases $ 850 47 Licensing Residential Group Homes Fee for an 48 Initial License $ 250 49 For Renewal $ 75 50 Licensing Child Caring Institutions Fee for an 51 Initial License $ 500 52 For Renewal $ 100 53 Licensing Child Placing Agencies Fee for an 54 Initial License $ 500 55 For Renewal $ 60 56 For Each Private Foster Home Under the Supervision PAGE 81 1 of a Child Placing Agency $ 15 2 Responsible Father Registry 3 Registry Search $ 50 4 38.8. (DSS: Food Stamp Fraud) The state portion of funds recouped from the collection of recipient 5 claims in the TANF and Food Stamp programs shall be retained by the department. A portion of these funds 6 shall be distributed to local county offices for emergency and program operations. 7 38.9. (DSS: TANF - Immunizations Certificates) The department shall require all TANF applicants 8 and/or recipients to provide proof of age appropriate immunizations for children. If such immunizations 9 have not been administered, the department shall assist in referring applicants to appropriate county health 10 departments to obtain the immunizations. 11 38.10. (DSS: County Directors’ Pay) With respect to the amounts allocated to the Department of Social 12 Services for Employee Pay Increase in this act, the Department of Social Services is authorized to allot funds 13 for pay increases to individual county directors and regional directors in classified positions without 14 uniformity. Pay increases for DSS county directors and regional directors shall be administered in 15 accordance with the guidelines established by the Department of Administration for Executive 16 Compensation System and other nonacademic unclassified employees. Any employees subject to the 17 provisions of this paragraph shall not be eligible for any other compensation increases provided in this act. 18 38.11. (DSS: Use of Funds Authorization) Department investigative units shall be authorized to receive 19 and expend funds awarded to these units as a result of a donation, contribution, prize, grant, and/or court 20 order. These funds shall be retained by the department on behalf of the investigative units and deposited in a 21 separate, special account and shall be carried forward from year to year and withdrawn and expended as 22 needed to fulfill the purposes and conditions of the donation, contribution, prize, grant, and/or court order, if 23 specified, and if not specified, as may be directed by the Director of the Department of Social Services. 24 These accounts shall not be used to supplant operating funds in the current or future budgets. The agency 25 shall report to the Senate Finance Committee and Ways and Means Committee by January thirtieth of the 26 current fiscal year on the amount of funds received and how expended. 27 38.12. (DSS: Use of Funds Authorization) Unless specifically directed by the General Assembly, when 28 DSS is directed to provide funds to a not-for-profit or 501(c)(3) organization, that organization must use the 29 funds to serve persons who are eligible for services in one or more DSS programs. 30 38.13. (DSS: Grant Authority) The Department of Social Services is authorized to make grants to 31 community-based not-for-profit organizations for local projects that further the objectives of DSS programs. 32 The department shall develop policies and procedures and may promulgate regulations to assure compliance 33 with state and federal requirements associated with the funds used for the grants and to assure fairness and 34 accountability in the award and administration of these grants. The department shall require a match from all 35 grant recipients. 36 38.14. (DSS: Family Foster Care Payments) The Department of Social Services shall furnish as Family 37 Foster Care payments for individual foster children under their sponsorship and under kinship care: 38 ages 0 - 5 $404 per month 39 ages 6 - 12 $469 per month 40 ages 13 + $535 per month 41 These specified amounts are for the basic needs of the foster children to include kinship care assistance. 42 Basic needs within this proviso are identified as food (at home and away), clothing, housing, transportation, 43 education and other costs as defined in the U.S. Department of Agriculture study of “Annual Cost of Raising 44 a Child to Age Eighteen”. Further, each agency shall identify and justify, as another line item, all material 45 and/or services, in excess of those basic needs listed above, which were a direct result of a professional 46 agency evaluation of clientele need. Legitimate medical care in excess of Medicaid reimbursement or such 47 care not recognized by Medicaid may be considered as special needs if approved by the 48 sponsoring/responsible agency and shall be reimbursed by the sponsoring agency in the same manner of 49 reimbursing other special needs of foster children. 50 38.15. (DSS: Penalty Assessment) The Department of Social Services may impose monetary penalties 51 against a person, facility, or other entity for violation of statutes or regulations pertaining to programs, other 52 than foster home licensing, that the department regulates. Penalties collected must be remitted to the State 53 Treasurer for deposit into the State General Fund. The department shall promulgate regulations for each 54 program in which penalties may be imposed. The regulations must include guidance on the decision to 55 assess a penalty, the effect of failure to pay a penalty in a timely manner, and a schedule of penalty ranges 56 that takes into account severity and frequency of violations. These regulations must provide for notice of the PAGE 82 1 penalty and the right to a contested case hearing before a designee of or panel appointed by the director of 2 the department. Judicial review of the final agency decision concerning a penalty must be in accordance 3 with statutes or regulations that apply to judicial review of final revocation and denial decisions in that 4 particular program. The department, in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this provision, 5 shall have discretion in determining the appropriateness of assessing a monetary penalty against a person or 6 facility and the amount of the penalty. The authority to assess monetary penalties shall be in addition to 7 other statutory provisions authorizing the department to seek injunctive relief or to deny, revoke, suspend, or 8 otherwise restrict or limit a license or other types of operating or practice registrations, approvals, or 9 certificates. 10 38.16. (DSS: Child Support Enforcement Automated System Carry Forward) The department shall be 11 authorized to retain and carry forward any unexpended funds appropriated for the Child Support 12 Enforcement automated system and related penalties. 13 38.17. (DSS: Child Support Enforcement System) From the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 38 14 (II.F.), the Department of Social Services shall prepare a detailed report on the status of the Child Support 15 Enforcement System. The report shall include, but not be limited to, actions currently being undertaken to 16 become compliant with federal government requirements; the cost required to meet minimum federal 17 guidelines; total funds spent so far on the system; the amount of fines assessed by the federal government 18 associated with noncompliance; how much has been spent to satisfy actions taken by the state judicial 19 system; and how much has been spent related to actions taken by any other entity which may have altered the 20 amount required for meeting minimum federal guidelines. The report shall be submitted to the General 21 Assembly by August thirty-first of the current fiscal year. 22 38.18. (DSS: Child Care Voucher) State funds allocated to the Department of Social Services and used 23 for child care vouchers must be used to enroll eligible recipients within provider settings exceeding the 24 state’s minimum child care licensing standards. The department may waive this requirement on a case by 25 case basis. 26 38.19. (DSS: Meals in Emergency Operations) The cost of meals may be provided to state employees 27 who are not permitted to leave their stations and are required to work during actual emergencies, emergency 28 situation exercises, and when the Governor declares a state of emergency. 29 38.20. (DSS: Day Care Facilities Supervision Ratios) For the current fiscal year, staff-child ratios 30 contained in Regulations 114504(B), 114504(C), 114-524(B), and 114-524(C) shall remain at the June 24, 31 2008 levels. 32 38.21. (DSS: Foster Care Goals) To comply with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Section 671(a)(14) and 33 45 C.F.R. Section 1356.21(n), it shall be the goal of the state that the maximum number of Title IV-E funded 34 children who will remain in foster care for more than twentyfour months will not exceed a total of 2,617 35 during the fiscal year. The Department of Social Services shall develop appropriate plans for timely 36 permanency and use appropriate data benchmarks and targets that will achieve this goal. 37 38.22. (DSS: Comprehensive Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding) (A) From the monies appropriated 38 for the Continuation of Teen Pregnancy Prevention, the department must award the dollars allocated to a 39 nonprofit 501(c)(3) entity to provide abstinence first, age appropriate comprehensive approach to health and 40 sexuality education with a goal of preventing adolescent pregnancy throughout South Carolina. 41 (B) Contracts must be awarded utilizing a competitive approach in accordance with the South Carolina 42 Procurement Code. 43 (C) The monies appropriated must be paid over a twelve month basis for services rendered. Unexpended 44 funds shall be carried forward for the purpose of fulfilling the department’s contractual agreement. 45 (D) The programs implemented by the entity awarded a contract pursuant to this proviso may not violate 46 any portion of the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act when implemented in a school 47 setting. An entity that violates any portion of the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act must 48 reimburse the State for all funds disbursed. 49 38.23. (DSS: SNAP Coupons) The Department of Social Services shall continue the “Healthy Bucks” 50 program established to provide coupons that allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 51 recipients to obtain additional fresh fruits and vegetables when purchasing fresh produce at grocery stores or 52 farmers markets with SNAP benefits through their EBT cards. Each coupon shall allow the beneficiary to 53 double the amount of produce purchased, up to ten dollars per month. The agency shall utilize all funds 54 received in the prior and current fiscal years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a bonus for 55 reducing the error rate in processing SNAP applications to fund the program. The agency shall work to 56 identify and utilize funds as matching dollars for the continued success of the “Healthy Bucks” program and PAGE 83 1 shall report semi-annually to the General Assembly on the status of the program. The report shall include, at 2 a minimum, the number of recipients, counties served, and cumulative expenditure data for the program. 3 38.24. (DSS: Internal Child Fatality Review Committees) For Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Director of the 4 Department of Social Services shall create and fund Internal Child Fatality Review Committees (internal 5 committees) pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 43-1-60(3), 43-1-80, and 63-7-910(E) of the 1976 6 Code to allow for the rapid and expeditious review of reported child fatalities that are reported to the 7 Department of Social Services on suspicion of abandonment, child abuse, neglect or harm as defined in 8 Section 63-7-20. This review process will enable the department to respond to the safety needs of any 9 surviving siblings and will lead to improvement in the department’s efforts to prevent child fatalities caused 10 by abandonment, child abuse, neglect or harm. Each internal committee shall be composed of a board- 11 certified child abuse pediatrician, an agent from the State Law Enforcement Division, a local law 12 enforcement officer, a representative from the local coroner’s office, and representatives from the 13 Department of Social Services. The internal committee may invite other service provider organizations as 14 deemed necessary. The department is authorized to provide reasonable compensation for board-certified 15 child abuse pediatricians serving on an internal committee. Internal committees shall have access to 16 information and records maintained by a provider of medical care regarding a child whose death is being 17 reviewed by the internal committee, including information on prenatal care; all information and records 18 maintained by any state, county, or local government agency, including, but not limited to, birth certificates, 19 law enforcement investigation data, county coroner or medical examiner investigation data, parole and 20 probation information and records, and information and records of health agencies that provided services to 21 the child or family. The meetings, information obtained by, reports prepared by, and statements made before 22 the internal committees are confidential and protected from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of 23 Information Act, criminal and civil proceedings, and subpoenas as set forth in Sections 63-7-940 and 63-7- 24 1990. 25 38.25. (DSS: Tuition Reimbursement/Student Loan Repayment) The Department of Social Services is 26 allowed to spend state, federal, and other sources of revenue to provide tuition reimbursement and/or student 27 loan repayment to aid in retaining caseworkers and critical needs department jobs based on objective 28 guidelines established by the State Director of the Department of Social Services. 29 The department may also provide paid educational leave for any employees in an FTE position to attend 30 class while enrolled in programs that are related to the agency's mission. All such leave is at the agency 31 head's discretion. 32 The department may enter into an agreement with staff employed in critical need departments to repay 33 them for their outstanding student loans and/or reimburse tuition expenses. The employee must be employed 34 in a critical needs area, which would be identified at the agency head's discretion, be in a covered FTE, and 35 not have any disciplinary actions. Participants in this program must agree to remain at the department for a 36 period of five years. The department may pay these employees up to $7,500 each year over a five-year 37 period in accordance with a program developed by the department. Payments will be made directly to the 38 employee at the end of each year of employment. Payments cannot exceed the balance of the student loan or 39 the cost of tuition. 40 38.26. (DSS: Federally Certified Child Support Enforcement System Project) In order to expedite the 41 completion and certification of the Automated Child Support Enforcement System required by the Social 42 Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 654a), the Department of Social Services is authorized to adopt, to the 43 fullest extent possible, the system and operating procedures of the Delaware Transfer System. To the extent 44 the Transfer System operating processes deviate from, or are incompatible with, current South Carolina 45 practice, the department is authorized to determine the most effective and efficient practice to comply with 46 federal requirements. The department shall work with Clerks of Court to identify and prepare for the 47 changes involved in the implementation of the Transfer System which may impact their current operating 48 practices with regards to performance of required child support functions. Pursuant to the Social Security 49 Act and S.C. Code Section 63-17-610, Clerks of Court shall utilize the federally certifiable child support 50 system and the state disbursement unit developed by the department to perform required child support 51 functions. 52 38.27. (DSS: Wilderness Therapeutic Camps) The Department of Social Services shall make and 53 promulgate such rules and regulations relating to licensing standards and other matters as may be 54 necessary to carry out the purposes of Title 63, Chapter 11, Article 1 of the 1976 Code as applied to 55 Wilderness Therapeutic Camps. For this purpose, a “Wilderness Therapeutic Camp” is a therapeutic camp 56 organization or facility with an outdoor or wilderness focus that is engaged in receiving children for care PAGE 84 1 and maintenance, either part or full time, but shall not include any summer camp, day camp, or after school 2 program, and shall also not include any other outdoor education or youth development program or facility 3 where participants usually attend for less than 15 days, and does not include any licensed residential group 4 care organization, child caring institution or group home or facility that meets the facility requirements of 5 S.C. Code of Regulations Section 114-590. 38.28. (DSS: Group Home Transition) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Social Services shall provide financial and administrative support and flexibility to Group Homes in order to best enable any necessary transition of services or the development of new service models for children and young adults. Group Homes with young adults between the ages of 18 to 23 years residing in approved and supervised independent living programs shall not be required to provide 24 hours per day face to face supervision for the resident. Regulatory and contractual requirements must not be different for supervision and staff ratios when a young adult 6 aged 18 to 23 is a resident in an approved and supervised independent living program. 7 8 SECTION 39 - L240 - COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND 9 10 39.1. (BLIND: Matching Federal Funds) For the current fiscal year the amount appropriated in this 11 section under Program II for Rehabilitative Services is conditioned upon matching by federal funds to the 12 maximum amount available under the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program.

13 14 SECTION 42 - L320 - HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 15 16 42.1. (HFDA: Federal Rental Assistance Administrative Fee Carry Forward) All federal rental 17 assistance administrative fees shall be carried forward to the current fiscal year for use by the authority in the 18 administration of the federal programs under contract with the authority. 19 42.2. (HFDA: Program Expenses Carry Forward) For the prior fiscal year monies withdrawn from the 20 authority’s various bondfinanced trust indentures and resolutions, which monies are deposited with the State 21 Treasurer to pay program expenses, may be carried forward by the authority into the current fiscal year. 22 42.3. (HFDA: Advisory Committee Mileage Reimbursement) Members of the nine member South 23 Carolina Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee are eligible for mileage reimbursement at the rate 24 allowed for state employees as established in Proviso 117.20(J) (Travel-Subsistence Expenses & Mileage) in 25 this act. 26 42.4. (HFDA: Allocation of Indirect Cost Recoveries) The authority shall deposit in the state general 27 fund indirect cost recoveries for the authority’s portion of the Statewide Central Services Cost Allocation 28 Plan (SWCAP). The authority shall retain recoveries in excess of the SWCAP amount to be deposited in the 29 state general fund. 30 42.5. (HFDA: Housing Trust Fund Disaster Initiative) Funds allocated, granted, or awarded under the 31 Housing Trust Fund’s Disaster Initiative shall not be included when calculating the percentage of trust fund 32 expenditures per county.

33 34 SECTION 43 - P120 - FORESTRY COMMISSION 35 36 43.1. (FC: Grant Funds Carry Forward) The Forestry Commission is authorized to use unexpended 37 federal grant funds in the current year to pay for expenditures incurred in the prior year. 38 43.2. (FC: Retention of Emergency Expenditure Refunds) The Forestry Commission is authorized to 39 retain all funds received as reimbursement of expenditures from other state or federal agencies when 40 personnel and equipment are mobilized due to an emergency. 41 43.3. (FC: Commissioned Officers’ Physicals) The Forestry Commission is authorized to pay the cost of 42 physical examinations for agency personnel who are required to receive such physical examinations prior to 43 receiving a law enforcement commission. 43.4. (FC: Compensatory Payment) In the event a State of Emergency is declared by the Governor, exempt PAGE 85 employees of the Forestry Commission may be paid for actual hours worked in lieu of accruing compensatory time, at the discretion of the agency 1 director, and providing funds are available. 2 SECTION 44 - P160 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3 4 44.1. (AGRI: Market Bulletin) The Market Bulletin shall be mailed only to those persons who request it 5 in writing and a record of each request shall be maintained by the department. Provided further, that the 6 Department of Agriculture is authorized to charge a yearly subscription fee to each person requesting the 7 bulletin and may charge for classified advertisements printed in the bulletin. The funds collected pursuant to 8 this provision shall be retained by the department to defray the costs of publication and related incidental 9 expenses. 10 44.2. (AGRI: Fruit/Vegetable Inspectors Subsistence) A daily subsistence allowance of up to $30.00 11 may be allowed for temporarily employed fruits and vegetables inspectors from funds generated by fruits and 12 vegetables inspection fees and budgeted under other funds in Program IV. Marketing Services, D. Inspection 13 Services, in lieu of reimbursements for meals and lodging expense. 14 44.3. (AGRI: Warehouse Receipts Guaranty Fund) The Department of Agriculture may retain and 15 expend fifty thousand dollars from the Warehouse Receipts Guaranty Fund established by Section 39-22-150 16 of the 1976 Code as is necessary for the department to administer the funding of the program. 17 44.4. (AGRI: Weights & Measures Registration) All servicepersons required to be registered with the 18 Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-9-65 of the 1976 Code shall pay to the 19 department a registration fee of $25.00. Revenues generated by this provision shall be for use by the 20 Department of Agriculture to offset expenses incurred in administering this registration program. 21 44.5. (AGRI: Sale of Property Revenue) The department may retain revenues associated with the sale of 22 the property titled to or utilized by the department, except for the State Farmers Market property, and must 23 expend these funds on capital improvements approved by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State 24 Fiscal Accountability Authority. The department must continue to occupy any property until replacement 25 capital improvements are completed. 26 44.6. (AGRI: Farmers Market Revenue) The revenues associated with the sale of the State Farmers 27 Market shall be deposited into a separate restricted special account under the authority of the State Fiscal 28 Accountability Authority. These funds and accrued interest may only be expended for relocating and 29 reestablishing the State Farmers Market after approval by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State 30 Fiscal Accountability Authority. 31 44.7. (AGRI: Export Certification) The Department of Agriculture is allowed to charge up to $250 for 32 each export certification of agricultural products and to retain revenues to offset expenses incurred in 33 performing certifications. 34 44.8. (AGRI: Feed Label Registration) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to require the 35 annual registration of feed labels by manufacturers and to charge a fee of $15.00 for such registrations. 36 Revenues generated by these fees shall be retained and used by the department to offset expenses incurred in 37 operating the Feed Inspection Program.

38 39 SECTION 45 - P200 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY - PSA 40 41 45.1. (CU-PSA: Phytosanitary Certificates) Revenues collected from the issuance of phytosanitary 42 certificates shall be retained by the Division of Regulatory and Public Service for the purpose of carrying out 43 phytosanitary inspections. 44 45.2. (CU-PSA: Witness Fee) The Public Service Activities of Clemson University are hereby 45 authorized to charge a witness fee of $100.00 per hour up to $400.00 per day for each employee testifying as 46 an expert witness in civil matters which do not involve the State as a party in interest. This fee shall be 47 charged in addition to any court prescribed payment due as compensation or reimbursement for judicial 48 appearances and deposited into a designated revenue account. 49 45.3. (CU-PSA: Nursery/Nursery Dealer Registration Fee) The Division of Regulatory and Public 50 Service Programs is authorized to retain up to $92,000 of revenue collected from the issuance of 51 Nursery/Nursery Dealer Fees for the purpose of carrying out nursery/nursery dealer inspections. Revenue 52 collected from this fee above $92,000 shall be deposited into the general fund. PAGE 86 1 45.4. (CU-PSA: Retention of Fees) All revenues collected from the regulatory programs of 2 agrichemical, plant industry and crop protection including: fertilizer, lime, and soil amendments registration 3 fees; pesticide licensing fees; seed certification fees; and fertilizer tax/inspection fees must be retained by 4 Clemson University PSA regulatory programs. 5 45.5. (CU-PSA: Pesticide Registration) All revenues collected from pesticide registration fees and 6 revenue collected from structural pest control businesses for business licensing must be retained by Clemson 7 University PSA Regulatory and Public Service Programs to support general regulatory, enforcement, and 8 education programs and to carry out provisions of the South Carolina Pesticide Control Act and regulations 9 related to it. 10 45.6. (CU-PSA: Lime Inspection Fee) The Public Service Activities of Clemson University are hereby 11 authorized to charge an inspection fee of $0.50 per ton on Agricultural Liming Materials sold or distributed 12 in this state. Clemson University-PSA may retain, expend, and carry forward these funds to maintain its 13 programs. 14 45.7. (CU-PSA: Livestock-Poultry Health Programs) For the current fiscal year Clemson University 15 Public Service Activities shall maintain operation of the state Meat Inspection Program. All revenues and 16 recoveries from USDA Food Safety Inspection Services and from USDA Animal and Plant Health 17 Inspection Services for Clemson University PSA’s Livestock-Poultry Health Programs and its departments 18 shall be retained by Clemson University-PSA’s LivestockPoultry Health Program for purposes of carrying 19 out the operation of its programs. 20 45.8. (CU-PSA: Boll Weevil Eradication) For the current fiscal year Clemson University Public 21 Services Activities shall maintain operation of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program. In the calculation of 22 any across-the-board budget reduction mandated by the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly, 23 the amount appropriated for the Boll Weevil Eradication Program shall be excluded from Clemson PSA’s 24 base budget. In the event of such a reduction Clemson PSA may reduce the amount of funds appropriated 25 for this program by an amount not to exceed the percentage associated with the mandated reduction. 45.9. (CU-PSA: Landplaster Inspection Fee) For the purpose of regulating its use as applied to land for crop production, landplaster (gypsum), shall be defined as a product consisting chiefly of calcium sulfate with two

combined water (CaSO4 2H2O) and is incapable of neutralizing soil acidity. It shall contain not less than seventy percent CaSO4 2H2O. All registrants of landplaster who sell or distribute in this state that previously were required to pay an inspection fee of $1.50 per ton shall now pay to Clemson University Regulatory Services an inspection fee of fifty cents for each ton sold. Clemson University-PSA may retain, expend, and 26 carry forward these funds from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year to maintain its programs. 27 SECTION 47 - P240 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 28 29 47.1. (DNR: Publications Revenue) For the current fiscal year all revenue generated from the sale of the 30 “South Carolina Wildlife” magazine, its by-products and other publications, shall be retained by the 31 department and used to support the production of same in order for the magazine to be self-sustaining. In 32 addition, the department is authorized to sell advertising in the magazine and to increase the magazine’s 33 subscription rate, if necessary, to be self-sustaining. No general funds may be used for the operation and 34 support of the “South Carolina Wildlife” magazine. 35 47.2. (DNR: Casual Sales Tax Collection) The Department of Natural Resources shall continue to 36 collect the casual sales tax as contained in the contractual agreement between the Department of Revenue 37 and the Department of Natural Resources and the State Treasurer is authorized to reimburse the department 38 on a quarterly basis for the actual cost of collecting the casual sales tax and such reimbursement shall be paid 39 from revenues generated by the casual sales tax. 40 47.3. (DNR: Proportionate Funding) Each of South Carolina’s forty-six soil and water conservation 41 districts shall receive a proportionate share of funding set aside for Aid to Conservation Districts at $15,000 42 per district for general assistance to the district’s program. Available funding above $15,000 for each district 43 will be apportioned by the Department of Natural Resources based upon local needs and priorities as 44 determined by the board. During the fiscal year, the districts’ funding may only be reduced in an amount not 45 to exceed the percentage of each agency budget reduction. No district shall receive any funds under this 46 provision unless the county or counties wherein the district is located shall have appropriated no less than 47 three hundred dollars to the district from county funds for the same purposes. 48 47.4. (DNR: Carry Forward - Contract for Goods & Services) If any funds accumulated by the 49 Department of Natural Resources Geology Program, under contract for the provision of goods and services PAGE 87 1 not covered by the department’s appropriated funds, are not expended during the preceding fiscal years, such 2 funds may be carried forward and expended for the costs associated with the provision of such goods and 3 services. 4 47.5. (DNR: Revenue Carry Forward) The department may collect, expend, and carry forward revenues 5 derived from the sale of goods and services in order to support aerial photography, map services, climatology 6 data, and geological services. The department shall annually report to the Senate Finance Committee and the 7 House Ways and Means Committee the amount of revenue generated from the sale of these goods and 8 services. 9 47.6. (DNR: Clothing Allowance) The Department of Natural Resources is hereby authorized to provide 10 Natural Resource Enforcement Officers on special assignment with an annual clothing allowance (on a 11 prorata basis) not to exceed $600 per officer for required clothing used in the line of duty. 12 47.7. (DNR: Commissioned Officers’ Physicals) The department is authorized to pay for the cost of 13 physical examinations for department personnel who are required to receive such physical examinations 14 prior to receiving a law enforcement commission. 15 47.8. (DNR: Cormorant Control) The Department of Natural Resources shall continue to coordinate a 16 public Cormorant control program with the US Fish and Wildlife Service for Lake Marion and Moultrie. 17 The department shall try to coordinate with the Army Corp of Engineers, Santee Cooper, and the USFWS to 18 include waters above and below each spillway, Wildlife Management Areas, and national refuges. The 19 department shall assess the need to expand the program to other public waters and implement a plan if 20 warranted. If the USFWS allows continuation of the control program, the department shall establish an 21 online method of permitting.

22 47.9. (DNR: Web Services and Technology Development) The department may carry forward any 23 unexpended general fund balance remaining on the Other Operating Expenses line, identified in the “Web 24 Services and Technology Development” program of the department appropriations from Part IA in this Act. 25 Balances carried forward from the prior fiscal year are only authorized to be expended to support technology 26 operating expenses within the department. 27 47.10. (DNR: Predator Control Program) Of the funds authorized and appropriated in this Act, the 28 Department of Natural Resources is directed to develop and implement a coyote tagging and reward program 29 within this state. They must tag and release four coyotes in each of the four game zones and apply a reward 30 of a complimentary lifetime hunting license per tagged coyote to the hunter/trapper, or his designee. 31 47.11. (DNR: Water Recreation Resources Fund) For the current fiscal year, from the portion of the 32 gasoline user fee distributed to the Water Recreation Resources Fund, in addition to the current authorized 33 department uses, the department may extend use to programs supporting water resources and marine 34 resources. 35 47.12. (DNR: Saltwater License Revenue) For the current fiscal year, from the fees collected by the 36 department for any recreational saltwater, shrimp baiting, charter vessel and saltwater fishing pier license 37 issued for this fiscal year, the department may designate the law enforcement portion to be used in whole or 38 in part to support the operations of the Marine Resources Division operations. The department may also 39 designate a portion of the law enforcement fees for deferred maintenance on Marine Resources Division 40 facilities and ocean research vessel maintenance.

41 42 SECTION 48 - P260 - SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM 43 44 48.1. (SGC: Publications Revenue) Funds generated by the sale of pamphlets, books, and other 45 promotional materials, the production of which has been paid for by non-state funding, may be deposited in a 46 special account by the consortium and utilized as other funds for the purchase of additional pamphlets, 47 books, and other promotional materials for distribution to the public.

48 49 SECTION 49 - P280 - DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM 50 51 49.1. (PRT: Tourism and Promotion) The funds appropriated in this act for Regional Promotions shall 52 be distributed equally to the eleven Regional Tourism groups, except that the Grandstrand Tourism Region’s 53 funds shall be divided, with $50,000 distributed to the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, $115,000 PAGE 88 1 distributed to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, $30,000 distributed to the City of Georgetown, and 2 $30,000 distributed to the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce for tourism related activities. The Myrtle 3 Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce shall submit a report to the 4 Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee by December first each year 5 describing how these funds were expended in the prior fiscal year. 6 49.2. (PRT: Destination Specific Tourism Marketing) The minimum grant awarded by the Destination 7 Specific Tourism Program shall be $250,000. Each state dollar must be matched with two dollars of private 8 funds. An organization receiving a state grant must certify that, as of the date of the application: (i) the 9 private funds are new dollars specifically designated for the purpose of matching state funds; (ii) the private 10 funds have not been previously allocated or designated for tourism-related destination marketing; (iii) the 11 organization has on hand or has an approved line of credit of not less than the amount of private funds 12 needed to provide the required match. Organizations applying for a grant must include in the grant 13 application, information on how the organization proposes to measure the success of the marketing and 14 public relations program, including the estimated return on investment to the state. Promotional programs 15 proposed by an applicant must be based on research-based outcomes. Grants must be made only to 16 organizations that have a proven record of success in creating and sustaining new and repeat visitation to its 17 area and must have sufficient resources to create, plan, implement, and measure the marketing and 18 promotional efforts undertaken as a part of the program. The department must award a grant only to one 19 qualified destination marketing organization within their tourism region where the organization’s private 20 funds are raised. An organization receiving a grant must use the public and private funds only for the 21 purpose of destination specific marketing and public relations designed to target international and/or 22 domestic travelers outside the state to destinations within the state. All grants that qualify under the program 23 must be funded if funds are available. Funding of all qualified grants will be on a first come first served 24 basis with such basis retained throughout the term of this proviso. No organization shall receive in the first 25 quarter more than fifty percent of the state dollars allocated to the program. If by the end of the third quarter 26 matching funds are still available with no other organizations meeting the criteria for funding, the funds will 27 be distributed to the organization or organizations that have and can meet all of the requirements of this 28 proviso. Grant recipients shall provide an annual report by November first, to the Chairmen of the Senate 29 Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee and the director of the Department of Parks, 30 Recreation and Tourism on the expenditure of the grants funds and on the proposed outcome measures. 31 49.3. (PRT: Advertising Funds Carry Forward) The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism may 32 carry forward any unexpended funds appropriated on the Advertising line within Program II. A. Tourism 33 Sales and Marketing from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be used for the same purposes 34 which include the Tourism Partnership Fund, Destination Specific Marketing Grants and the agency 35 advertising fund. 36 49.4. (PRT: Film Marketing) From the funds authorized to the Department of Parks, Recreation and 37 Tourism in Section 49, Part IA of this Act for the South Carolina Film Commission, the department may use 38 the film marketing funds for the following purposes: (1) to allow for assistance with recruitment and 39 infrastructure development of the film industry; (2) to develop a film crew base; (3) to develop ally support 40 in the film industry; (4) marketing and special events; and (5) to allow for assistance with the auditing and 41 legal service expenses associated with the Motion Picture Incentive Act. 42 49.5. (PRT: Motion Picture Administration Application Fee) The Department of Parks, Recreation and 43 Tourism may charge an application fee for the Motion Picture Incentive programs and may retain and 44 expend these funds for the purposes of meeting administrative, data collection, credit analysis, cost-benefit 45 analysis, reporting and auditing, and other statutory obligations. A fee schedule must be established and 46 approved by the Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. 47 49.6. (PRT: Gift Shops) At the discretion of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the State 48 House Gift Shop may close on weekends. 49 49.7. (PRT: PARD Interest) The department is hereby prohibited from utilizing the interest generated in 50 the PARD program for anything other than the uses authorized by the law creating PARD. Should the 51 PARD account not reach the required amount of $920,000 to activate the minimum $20,000 per county 52 distribution, the department shall carry forward the funding until such time as the funds are sufficient to 53 distribute as originally intended. 54 49.8. (PRT: Wage and Supplier Rebate Funds) From the funds set aside pursuant to the Motion Picture 55 Incentive Act, any funds committed to film projects shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and 56 used for the same purpose. Any uncommitted funds shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and PAGE 89 1 may be used by the department for the same purpose, deferred maintenance and capital projects at state parks 2 and Welcome Centers, and for Marketing/Advertising. Prior to the funds being utilized for the state’s 3 Welcome Centers the funds shall be placed in a separate and distinct fund prior to July thirtieth of the current 4 fiscal year and the interest accrued by the fund must remain in the fund. Of the funds placed into the 5 separate and distinct fund in the current fiscal year, up to ten percent may be utilized for operating costs 6 directly related to the Welcome Centers. These funds shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into 7 the current fiscal year and be expended for the same purpose. 8 49.9. (PRT: Funds Exempt from Budget Cut) In the calculation of any across the board cut mandated by 9 the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly, any amounts appropriated for pass through, special 10 items, or other items specified in any general proviso, which are exempt from reduction, shall be excluded 11 from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s base budget. 12 49.10. (PRT: PARD) The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall be authorized to expend 13 restricted funds for the Parks and Recreation Development Fund (PARD) in accordance with the Section 51- 14 23-20 of the 1976 Code, Regulations, and generally accepted accounting standards. The department is 15 allowed to reimburse PARD grantees from current year funds for prior year expenditures for a period of 16 three years as allowed in Section 51-23-30 of the 1976 Code. 17 49.11. (PRT: Admission Fees and Charges) The department may impose reasonable fees and charges for 18 admission to and/or use of park and recreational facilities and the revenues from such fees and charges must 19 be used for park and recreational uses. 20 49.12. (PRT: Vending Services) The State Park Service, an office within the Department of Parks, 21 Recreation, and Tourism shall be granted an exemption requiring the State Park Service to use the 22 Commission for the Blind for vending services. All revenues earned by vending and retail operations at the 23 State Parks shall be retained by the department to support the operational costs of the South Carolina State 24 Parks. These funds may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and must be used for the same purpose. 25 This exemption does not apply to vending services at the State Welcome Centers. 26 49.13. (PRT: State Funded Grant Programs) Any unexpended general funds appropriated for the PARD 27 Grants, Undiscovered SC, and Sports Marketing Grants Programs shall be carried forward from the prior 28 fiscal year into the current fiscal year and used for the same purpose. 29 49.14. (PRT: Beach Access) Of the funds appropriated for state parks, the department shall utilize such 30 funds to open pedestrian, non-motorized vehicular and golf cart ingress and egress to Myrtle Beach State 31 Park at the intersection of US Highway 17 and Center South Road in Myrtle Beach, and/or at other 32 location(s) which legally and safely affords such ingress and egress. Said access shall be subject to the rules 33 and regulations of the department governing uniform closure of park ingress during periods of peak usage. 34 49.15. (PRT: SC Film Office Rebate Funds) From the funds authorized pursuant to the Motion Picture 35 Incentive Act, any rebates awarded by the SC Film Office may be paid without distinction of the source of 36 funds. 37 49.16. (PRT: Palmetto Pride) The funds distributed through Section 14-1-208(10) of the 1976 Code to 38 the Governor's Task Force on Litter shall only be utilized by Palmetto Pride for the purpose of recycling, 39 reducing litter, and education and shall not be used for beautification projects of any kind. 40 49.17. (PRT: Welcome Center Complex Mowing) Of the funds appropriated for State Welcome Centers, 41 the department is directed to ensure that at every Welcome Center complex, the outer edge of the pavement 42 of the adjacent highway, the highway control of access right of way line, and all boundaries surrounding the 43 complex must be mowed in a manner to ensure that the entirety of the grounds are uniform in appearance.

44 45 SECTION 50 - P320 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 46 47 50.1. (CMRC: Development - Publications Revenue) The proceeds from the sale of publications may be 48 retained in the agency’s printing, binding, and advertising account to offset increased costs. 49 50.2. (CMRC: Economic Dev. Coordinating Council - Set Aside Fund) From the amount set aside in 50 Section 12-28-2910, the council is authorized to use up to ten percent of such amount for actual operating 51 expenses in support of administrative program costs and business recruitment and retention and up to 52 $60,000 to support the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program, as approved by council. Any 53 balance on June thirtieth of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for the same purposes 54 in the current fiscal year. PAGE 90 1 50.3. (CMRC: Coordinating Council Funds) In order to provide maximum flexibility to encourage the 2 creation of new jobs and capital investment, the Coordinating Council for Economic Development has the 3 authority to transfer economic development funds at its disposal to the Closing Fund, provided the transfer is 4 approved by a majority vote of the Coordinating Council members in a public meeting. Any unexpended 5 balance on June thirtieth, of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended in the current fiscal 6 year by the Department of Commerce for the same purpose. 7 50.4. (CMRC: Export Trade Show Funds) Funds collected from South Carolina companies for 8 offsetting costs associated with participation in future trade shows may be carried forward from the prior 9 fiscal year to the current fiscal year and used for that purpose. 10 50.5. (CMRC: Special Events Advisory Committee) The Department of Commerce is required to 11 establish a Special Events Advisory Committee to provide oversight to the department as it relates to the 12 department’s Special Events Fund. The Advisory Committee shall be made up of contributors to the Fund 13 appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and shall consist of no fewer than eight members, including a 14 chairman. The Advisory Committee shall establish guidelines for the use of these funds. The Department of 15 Commerce shall prepare a detailed report and have an independent audit of all expenditures of the fund 16 during the previous calendar year. None of these funds shall be used for operating expenses. The report 17 shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the 18 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. 19 50.6. (CMRC: Development-Rental Revenue) Revenue received from the sublease on non-state-owned 20 office space may be retained and expended to offset the cost of the department’s leased office space. 21 50.7. (CMRC: Development-Ad Sales Revenue) The department may charge a fee for ad sales in 22 department authorized publications and may use these fees to offset the cost of printing and production of the 23 publications. Any revenue generated above the actual cost shall be remitted to the General Fund. 24 50.8. (CMRC: Foreign Offices) The Secretary of Commerce shall be authorized to appoint the staff of 25 the department’s foreign offices on a contractual basis on such terms as the Secretary deems appropriate, 26 subject to review by the Department of Administration. 27 50.9. (CMRC: Funding For I-73) Of the funds authorized for the Coordinating Council Economic 28 Development, $500,000 shall be made available for the routing, planning and construction of I-73. 29 50.10. (CMRC: Closing Fund) In order to encourage and facilitate economic development, funds 30 appropriated for the Closing Fund for competitive recruitment purposes shall be used as approved by the 31 Coordinating Council for Economic Development. Any unexpended at the end of the prior fiscal year may 32 be carried forward and expended in the current fiscal year by the Department of Commerce for the same 33 purposes. 34 50.11. (CMRC: Coordinating Council - Application Fee Deposits) Application fees received by the 35 department must be deposited within five business days from the Coordinating Council application approval 36 date. 37 50.12. (CMRC: Recycling Advisory Council Reporting) The Recycling Market Development Advisory 38 Council must submit an annual report outlining recycling activities to the Governor and members of the 39 General Assembly by March fifteenth each year. 40 50.13. (CMRC: Regional Economic Development Organizations) The Department of Commerce shall 41 utilize $5,000,000 appropriated in Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18 for Regional Economic Development 42 Organizations to provide funds to the following economic development organizations and must be disbursed 43 as follows: 44 (1) Upstate Alliance $ 750,000; 45 (2) Central SC Economic Development Alliance $ 750,000; 46 (3) North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) $ 745,000; 47 (4) Charleston Regional Development Alliance $ 660,000; 48 (5) I-77 Alliance $ 660,000; 49 (6) Economic Development Partnership $ 450,000; 50 (7) Southern Carolina Alliance $ 460,000; and 51 (8) The LINK Economic Alliance $ 385,000. 52 Each dollar of state funds must be matched with one dollar of private funds. The organization receiving 53 state funds must certify that the private funds are new dollars specifically designated for the purpose of 54 matching state funds and have not been previously allocated or designated for economic development. No 55 funds appropriated in this proviso may be used for routine operating costs of the organization as defined by 56 the Department of Commerce. PAGE 91 1 The remaining $140,000 shall be provided to Beaufort County, provided it meets the requirements 2 established above. 3 Upon receipt of the request for the funds and certification of the matching funds, the Department of 4 Commerce shall disburse the funds to the requesting organization. 5 Funds recipients shall provide an annual report by November first, to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance 6 Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee and the Secretary of Commerce on the expenditure 7 of the funds and on the outcome measures. 8 Any unexpended, unallocated, or undistributed funds appropriated in prior fiscal years for Regional 9 Economic Development Organizations shall first be made available to Regional Economic Development 10 Organizations and any remainder shall be transferred to the Rural Infrastructure Fund at the Department of 11 Commerce. If more than one alliance applies for the same funds, the funds will be distributed pro-rata. 12 50.14. (CMRC: SC Mfg Extension Partnership) No funds appropriated to the department that are 13 designated for the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership may be utilized to compensate employees or 14 individuals who engage in lobbying services on behalf of the department or the partnership. In addition, the 15 department shall prepare an annual report on the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s expenditures for 16 the prior fiscal year and shall submit the report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the 17 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by November first. 18 50.15. (CMRC: Business Incubator/Innovation Program) Any funds appropriated to the department for 19 the Business Incubator/Innovation Program shall be used for eligible projects that address one or more of the 20 goals in the South Carolina Innovation Plan and any investments must be accompanied by a dollar-for-dollar 21 match from non-state appropriated funds. Up to $300,000 may be used by the department for administrative 22 costs associated with this program. 23 50.16. (CMRC: Council on Competitiveness) The Department of Commerce shall utilize the funds 24 appropriated in the current fiscal year for the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness to provide funds 25 for existing business economic development activities. Each dollar of state funds disbursed must be matched 26 equally with non-state appropriated funds and prior to the disbursement of funds, the Council on 27 Competitiveness must certify that these funds are new dollars specifically designated for the purpose of 28 matching state funds and have not been previously allocated or designated for economic development. The 29 Council on Competitiveness shall provide a report on the expenditure of the funds and on the outcome 30 measures by January first, to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House 31 Ways and Means Committee and the Secretary of Commerce. 32 50.17. (CMRC: Grant Funds Carry Forward) The Department of Commerce may carry forward any 33 unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the prior fiscal year of grant funds appropriated and/or authorized 34 for Innovation, Research/Applied Research Centers, SCOPE, and LocateSC and expend such funds in the 35 current fiscal year for the same purpose. 36 50.18. (CMRC: Road Closures Related to Navy Base Intermodal Facility) The Division of Public 37 Railways is authorized to close any street or road on or in the vicinity of the former Charleston Navy Base to 38 the extent necessary to implement the Navy Base Intermodal Facility. Such closure shall not deny access to 39 any property owners abutting the closed section of the street or road, or in the event access is denied, 40 alternate access shall be provided. 41 50.19. (CMRC: Water System Corrective Action Plan) The $500,000 appropriated through the 42 Department of Commerce for the Hartsville Downtown Revitalization - Center Theater (Requires 2:1 Match) 43 in Act 91 of 2015 by proviso 118.14(B)(42)(i) shall be redirected to the Town of Lamar for the Water 44 System Corrective Action Plan.

45 46 SECTION 51 -P340 - JOBS-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 47 48 51.1. (JEDA: Bonds Interest Rates) Pursuant to Sections 41-43-100 and 41-43-110(A) of the 1976 49 Code, the interest rate of bonds issued by the authority are not subject to approval by the State Fiscal 50 Accountability Authority.

51 52 SECTION 52 - P360 - PATRIOTS POINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 53 PAGE 92 52.1. (PPDA: USS Laffey Overnight Stays) From the funds authorized or appropriated to Patriots Point Development Authority as “other operating expenses” members of the USS Laffey Association who are temporarily present at Patriots Point to perform voluntary maintenance on the USS Laffey may remain onboard the vessel overnight if the Executive Director approves and has 1 deemed it safe to do so. 2 SECTION 53 - P400 - S.C. CONSERVATION BANK 3 4 53.1. (CB: Conservation Bank Trust Fund) All revenues designated for the South Carolina Conservation 5 Bank pursuant to Sections 122495 and 12-24-97 of the 1976 Code must be credited to the South Carolina 6 Conservation Bank Trust Fund. For Fiscal Year 2017-18, the provisions of Section 12-24-95 of the 1976 7 Code are suspended.

8 9 SECTION 54 - P450 - RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY 10 11 54.1. (RIA: Rural Infrastructure Fund Carry Forward) The Rural Infrastructure Authority may carry 12 forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year, funds appropriated to the Rural Infrastructure 13 Fund. The authority shall retain any unexpended funds at the close of the fiscal year and these funds shall be 14 carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. 15 54.2. (RIA: Carry Forward - Local Government Assistance) The Rural Infrastructure Authority may 16 carry forward from prior fiscal years to the current fiscal year funds appropriated for the purpose of 17 providing financial assistance and for matching federal funds for financial assistance to local governments 18 with water, wastewater, and sewer projects. 19 54.3. (RIA: Carry Forward Calculation) For purposes of calculating the amount of funds which may be 20 carried forward by the Rural Infrastructure Authority, grant and loan program funds carried forward by the 21 Office of Local Government shall be excluded from the calculation of the carry forward authorized by 22 provision elsewhere in this act. 23 54.4. (RIA: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund) In the event that any state funds remain 24 after fully matching federal grants for the State Revolving Funds under the Clean Water Act or Safe 25 Drinking Water Act, such funds may be deposited into the South Carolina Infrastructure Revolving Loan 26 Fund established pursuant to Section 1140-50. 27 54.5. (RIA: Statewide Water and Sewer Fund) The Rural Infrastructure Authority shall use the funds 28 allocated for the Statewide Water and Sewer Fund to assist qualified infrastructure projects not eligible for 29 the Rural Infrastructure Fund. The authority shall utilize the same procedures and guidelines established for 30 the Rural Infrastructure Fund to select qualified projects for the Statewide Water and Sewer Fund. The 31 authority may carry forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year, funds appropriated to the 32 Statewide Water and Sewer Fund.

33 34 SECTION 57 - B040 - JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 35 36 57.1. (JUD: Prohibit County Salary Supplements) County salary supplements of Judicial Department 37 personnel shall be prohibited. 38 57.2. (JUD: County Offices For Judges) Every county shall provide for each circuit and family judge 39 residing therein an office with all utilities including a private telephone, and shall provide the same for 40 Supreme Court Justices and Judges of the Court of Appeals upon their request. 41 57.3. (JUD: Commitments to Treatment Facilities) The appropriation for continued implementation of 42 Article 7, Chapter 17, Title 44 of the 1976 Code, Chapter 24, Title 44 of the 1976 Code, and Chapter 52, 43 Title 44 of the 1976 Code, relating to commitments, admissions and discharges to mental health facilities, or 44 treatment facility for the purpose of alcohol and drug abuse treatment, shall be expended for the 45 compensation of court appointed private examiners, guardians ad litem, and attorneys for proposed patients, 46 and related costs arising from the filing, service and copying of legal papers and the transcription of hearings 47 or testimony. Court appointed private examiners, guardians ad litem and attorneys shall be paid at such rates 48 or schedules as are jointly determined to be reasonable by the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges, 49 the State Court Administrator, and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health with the approval of the PAGE 93 1 Attorney General. The Judicial Department shall notify the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways 2 and Means Committee of any fee adjustment or change in schedule before implementation. 3 57.4. (JUD: Judicial Commitment) Except as otherwise provided in Section 117.5, no money 4 appropriated pursuant to Item VI, Judicial Commitment shall be used to compensate any state employees 5 appointed by the court as examiners, guardians ad litem, or attorneys nor shall such funds be used in 6 payment to any state agency for providing such services by their employees. 7 57.5. (JUD: Judicial Expense Allowance) Each Supreme Court Justice, Court of Appeals Judge, Family 8 Court Judge and Circuit Court Judge and any retired judge who receives payment for performing fulltime 9 judicial duties pursuant to Section 9-8-120 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, shall receive five hundred 10 one thousand dollars per month as expense allowance. 11 57.6. (JUD: Special Judge Compensation) In the payment of funds from “Contractual Services”, and 12 “Administrative Fund”, that no special judge shall be paid for more than a two week term within a fiscal year 13 except that this restriction will not apply in case of an ongoing trial. 14 57.7. (JUD: BPI/Merit) Judicial employees shall receive base and average merit pay in the same 15 percentages as such pay are granted to classified state employees. 16 57.8. (JUD: Supreme Court Bar Admissions) Any funds collected from the Supreme Court Bar 17 Admissions Office may be deposited into an escrow account with the State Treasurer’s Office. The 18 department is authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward these funds. 19 57.9. (JUD: Travel Reimbursement) State employees of the Judicial Department traveling on official 20 state business must be reimbursed in accordance with Section 117.20(J) of this act. 21 57.10. (JUD: Interpreters) The funds appropriated in this section for “Interpreters” shall be used to offset 22 costs associated with interpreters appointed in judicial proceedings under Sections 17-1-50, 15-27-155, and 23 15-27-15. The selection, use, and reimbursement of interpreters shall be determined under such guidelines 24 as may be established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 25 57.11. (JUD: Reimbursement Receipt Deposit) Amounts received as payment for reproducing, printing, 26 and distributing copies of court rules and other department documents shall be retained for use by the 27 department. 28 57.12. (JUD: Surplus Property Disposal) Technology equipment that has been declared surplus may be 29 donated directly to counties for use in court-related activities. 30 57.13. (JUD: Judicial Carry Forward) In addition to the funds appropriated in this section, the funds 31 appropriated for the Judicial Department in the prior fiscal year which are not expended during that fiscal 32 year may be carried forward to be expended in the current fiscal year. 33 57.14. (JUD: Case Management Services) The Judicial Department shall retain revenue generated by 34 charging a fee for technology support services provided to users of the State case management system. 35 These funds may be expended and carried forward to offset the costs of supporting and maintaining the case 36 management system. 37 57.15. (JUD: Magistrates’ Training) From the funds appropriated to the Judicial Department, the 38 department shall provide magistrates annual continuing education on domestic violence, which may include, 39 but is not limited to: 40 (1) the nature, extent, and causes of domestic and family violence; 41 (2) issues of domestic and family violence concerning children; 42 (3) prevention of the use of violence by children; 43 (4) sensitivity to gender bias and cultural, racial, and sexual issues; 44 (5) the lethality of domestic and family violence; 45 (6) legal issues relating to domestic violence and child custody; 46 (7) procedures, penalties, programs, and other issues relating to criminal domestic violence, including 47 social and psychological issues relating to such violence, the vulnerability of victims and volatility of 48 perpetrators, and the court’s role in ensuring that the parties have appropriate and adequate representation; 49 (8) procedures and other matters relating to issuing orders of protection from domestic violence. 50 57.16. (JUD: Judges Salary Exemption) For the current fiscal year, judges’ salaries and related employer 51 contributions in Part IA, Section 57, are exempt from mid-year across-the-board reductions. 52 57.17. (JUD: Judicial Department Applicability) For purposes of this act and any other provision of law 53 that would have any effect on the expenditure of state revenue through the applicability of the particular 54 provision or through compliance with a mandate or requirement of the provision, the terms “state agency” or 55 “agency” do not include any component of the Judicial Department unless the provision of law specifically 56 includes these entities and the inclusion only applies for purposes of the particular provision. PAGE 94 1 57.18. (JUD: Court Costs Carry Forward) The Judicial Department shall retain the funds collected from 2 costs related to court proceedings (including the cost of hearings, investigations, prosecution, service of 3 process and court reporter services) under Rules 413 or 502 of the SC Appellate Court Rules, or from costs 4 related to the appointment of a receiver or an attorney to assist the receiver under Rule 413, that are assessed 5 against a party. The department is authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward these funds which 6 shall be used for the same purpose. 7 57.19. (JUD: Appellate Court Fee) The Judicial Department shall retain the funds collected as required 8 by the SC Appellate Court Rules. The department is authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward 9 these funds which shall be used by the department. 10 57.20. (JUD: Interpreter Training and Certification) The Judicial Department shall collect and retain 11 funds received from applicants for interpreter training and certification tests. These funds shall be used to 12 offset expenses incurred for the SC Court Interpreter Certification Program. The department is authorized to 13 receive, expend, retain, and carry forward these funds.

14 15 SECTION 58 - C050 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT 16 17 58.1. (ALC: Copying Costs Revenue Deposit) The Administrative Law Court shall retain and expend, 18 for the same purpose for which it is generated, all revenue received during the current fiscal year as payment 19 for printing and distributing copies of court rules and other agency documents. 20 58.2. (ALC: County Office Space for Judges) Every county shall provide for each Administrative Law 21 Judge residing therein, upon their request, an office within the existing physical facilities if space is 22 available, to include all utilities and a private telephone. The request shall only be made provided that the 23 judge’s residence is not within fifty miles of the official headquarters of the agency by which the 24 Administrative Law Judge is employed. 25 58.3. (ALC: ALJ Travel) While holding court or on other official business outside the county in which 26 he resides, within fifty miles of his residence, an Administrative Law Judge is entitled to a subsistence 27 allowance in the amount of $35 per day plus such mileage allowance for travel as is provided for other 28 employees of the State. While holding court or on other official business at a location fifty miles or more 29 from his residence, an Administrative Law Judge is entitled to a subsistence allowance in the amount as 30 provided in this act for members of the General Assembly plus such mileage allowance for travel as is 31 provided for other employees of the State. However, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 32 allowance as provided shall not exceed $8,000 per judge in a fiscal year.

33 34 SECTION 59 - E200 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 35 36 59.1. (AG: Prior Year Expenditures) The Office of the Attorney General is authorized to use 37 unexpended federal funds in the current fiscal year to pay for expenditures incurred in the prior fiscal year. 38 59.2. (AG: Other Funds Carry Forward) Any balance of unexpended funds, not including general fund 39 appropriations, may be carried forward for the operation of the Office of Attorney General. 40 59.3. (AG: Reimbursement for Expenditures) The Office of the Attorney General may retain for general 41 operating purposes, any reimbursement of funds for expenses incurred in a prior fiscal year. 42 59.4. (AG: Donation Carry Forward) All revenue derived from donations received at the Office of the 43 Attorney General shall be retained, carried forward, and expended according to agreement reached between 44 the donor, or donors, and the Attorney General. 45 59.5. (AG: Securities Fee Revenue) After the provisions of Section 35-1-702(b) of the 1976 Code have 46 been satisfied, and upon notification to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of 47 the House Ways and Means Committee that such provisions have been satisfied, the next $20,500,000 of 48 Securities Fee revenues collected during the current fiscal year by the Office of the Attorney General shall be 49 remitted to the General Fund of the State. The Office of the Attorney General may retain the next $400,000 50 collected and may utilize these funds for operations to include expert witness expenses, investigative costs, 51 trial preparation, and other related expenses associated with the increase in licensed securities agents. These 52 funds may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and utilized for the same 53 purpose. Remaining Securities Fee revenues collected during the current fiscal year shall be remitted to the 54 General Fund of the State. PAGE 95 1 59.6. (AG: Savannah River Maritime Commission Funds) The Office of the Attorney General is 2 authorized to use funds appropriated for litigation expenses related to the Savannah River Maritime 3 Commission to reimburse litigation expenditures incurred by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of 4 the Savannah River Maritime Commission during the current fiscal year. Following the conclusion of these 5 litigation matters any remaining funds shall be deposited in the General Fund. 6 59.7. (AG: Gang Violence Prevention/Youth Mentor) The Office of the Attorney General may expend 7 other funds to implement and maintain gang prevention and youth mentoring programs in conjunction with 8 Section 63-19-1430 of the 1976 Code, the Youth Mentor Act. 9 59.8. (AG: Litigation Recovery Account) During the current fiscal year, when there is a recovery or an 10 award in any litigation managed by the Attorney General, any funds received that would have otherwise been 11 credited to the General Fund shall be deposited to the credit of a special account created in the Office of 12 State Treasurer entitled “Litigation Recovery Account.” The funds deposited in this account must be 13 expended only as prescribed by law. 14 59.9. (AG: Public Official Attorney Fees) The Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability 15 Authority shall pay from the Insurance Reserve Fund, up to $50,000 of opposing attorney’s fees and court 16 costs as ordered by the court in those cases in which the Attorney General defends one or more public 17 officers in their official capacities. 18 The Attorney General must certify to the Executive Director the amount the court has ordered the Attorney 19 General to pay for opposing attorney’s fees and court costs and upon receipt of the certification, the 20 Executive Director shall pay up to $50,000 of the amount certified to the appropriate individual or entity. 21 The Attorney General must report any court ordered payment of attorney’s fees and court costs that exceed 22 $50,000 to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 23 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 24 consideration by the General Assembly.

25 26 SECTION 60 - E210 - PROSECUTION COORDINATION COMMISSION 27 28 60.1. (PCC: Solicitor Salary) The amount appropriated in this section for salaries of solicitors shall be 29 paid to each full-time solicitor. Each full-time circuit solicitor shall earn a salary not less than each full-time 30 circuit court judge. 31 60.2. (PCC: Solicitor Expense Allowance) Each solicitor shall receive five hundred dollars ($500.00) 32 per month as expense allowance. 33 60.3. (PCC: Judicial Circuits State Support) The amount appropriated and authorized in this section for 34 Judicial Circuits (16) State Support shall be apportioned among the circuits. The first $4,692,961 shall be 35 distributed on a per capita basis based upon the current official census. The next $1,179,041 shall be 36 distributed on a pro-rata basis. Payment shall be made as soon after the beginning of each quarter as 37 practical. 38 60.4. (PCC: Solicitor Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance on June 30, of the prior fiscal year, may 39 be carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the operation of the solicitor’s office relating 40 to operational expenses. 41 60.5. (PCC: Solicitor’s Office - County Funding Level) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the 42 amounts appropriated for solicitors’ offices shall be in addition to any amounts presently being provided by 43 the county for these services and may not be used to supplant funding already allocated for such services 44 without any additional charges. If the county reduces the amount of support provided to solicitors’ offices 45 below the level provided in the prior fiscal year, the Solicitor shall notify the Chairman of the Senate Finance 46 Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee of the amount of such reduced 47 support. 48 60.6. (PCC: Solicitors Victim/Witness Assistance Programs) When funds are available, the amount 49 appropriated and authorized in Part IA, Section 60 for Solicitors Victim/Witness Assistance Programs shall 50 be apportioned among the circuits on a per capita basis and based upon the current official census. Payment 51 shall be made as soon after the beginning of each quarter as practical. 52 60.7. (PCC: CDV Prosecution) The amount appropriated and authorized in this section for Criminal 53 Domestic Violence Prosecution shall be apportioned among the circuits on a pro-rata basis. If not privileged 54 information, the Prosecution Coordination Commission shall collect and retain information and data 55 regarding Criminal Domestic Violence Prosecution and shall include: the number of dispositions, types of PAGE 96 1 dispositions and county in which the disposition took place and shall provide the General Assembly with an 2 annual report no later than sixty days after the conclusion of the fiscal year. 3 60.8. (PCC: Establish Victim/Witness Program) The funds appropriated in this section for 4 Victim/Witness Program must be equally divided among the judicial circuits, less any adjustments made for 5 budget reductions. The funds for each circuit must be distributed to the solicitor’s office of that circuit and 6 only used by the solicitor for the purpose of establishing a Victim/Witness Program in the circuit which shall 7 provide, but not be limited to, the following services: 8 (1) Make available to victims/witnesses information concerning their cases from filing in general 9 sessions court through disposition. 10 (2) Keep the victim/witness informed of his rights and support his right to protection from 11 intimidation. 12 (3) Inform victims/witnesses of and make appropriate referrals to available services such as medical, 13 social, counseling, and victims’ compensation services. 14 (4) Assist in the preparation of victims/witnesses for court. 15 (5) Provide assistance and support to the families or survivors of victims where appropriate. 16 (6) Provide any other necessary support services to victims/witnesses such as contact with employers 17 or creditors. 18 (7) Promote public awareness of the program and services available for crime victims. 19 The funds may not be used for other victim-related services until the above functions are provided in an 20 adequate manner. 21 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amounts appropriated in this section for victim assistance 22 programs in solicitors’ offices shall be in addition to any amounts presently being provided by the county for 23 these services and may not be used to supplant funding already allocated for such services. Any reduction by 24 any county in funding for victim assistance programs in solicitors’ offices shall result in a corresponding 25 decrease of state funds provided to the solicitors’ office in that county for victim assistance services. Each 26 solicitor’s office shall submit an annual financial and programmatic report which describes the use of these 27 funds. The report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Senate 28 Finance Committee, and the 29 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on October first, for the preceding fiscal year. 30 60.9. (PCC: DUI Prosecution) The amount appropriated and authorized in this section for Driving 31 Under the Influence Prosecution shall be apportioned among the circuits on a pro-rata basis. If not 32 privileged information, the Prosecution Coordination Commission shall collect and retain information and 33 data regarding Driving Under the Influence Prosecution and shall include: the number of dispositions, types 34 of dispositions and county in which the disposition took place and shall provide the General Assembly with 35 an annual report no later than sixty days after the conclusion of the fiscal year. 36 60.10. (PCC: Violent Crime Prosecution) The amount appropriated and authorized in this section for 37 Violent Crime Prosecution shall be apportioned pro rata among the circuits. Payment shall be made as soon 38 after the beginning of each quarter as practical. 39 60.11. (PCC: Caseload Equalization Funding) The amount appropriated in this Act and authorized for 40 Caseload Equalization will have the first $3,450,000 distributed at an amount of $75,000 per county. The 41 remaining $4,376,872 shall be distributed based upon the average incoming caseload for each county as 42 reported by the Judicial Department for the prior three fiscal years. 43 60.12. (PCC: Summary Court Domestic Violence Fund Distribution) The Summary Court Domestic 44 Violence Prosecution funding shall be distributed based upon ten percent of the average incoming caseload 45 for each county as reported by the South Carolina Judicial Department for the prior 3 fiscal years.

46 47 SECTION 61 - E230 - COMMISSION ON INDIGENT DEFENSE 48 49 61.1. (INDEF: Defense of Indigents Formula) The amount appropriated in this act for “Defense of 50 Indigents” shall be apportioned among counties in accord with Section 17-3-330 of the 1976 Code, but on a 51 per capita basis and based upon the most current official decennial census of the United States; provided that 52 no county shall receive funding in an amount less than the amount apportioned to it as of July 1, 2005. The 53 level of contribution of each county as of July 1, 2001, must be maintained. No county shall be permitted to 54 contribute less money than the amount the county contributed in the prior fiscal year. Within the amount of 55 money established for indigent defense services, the State shall set aside $3,000,000 (Death Penalty Trial PAGE 97 1 Fund) annually for use of the defense in capital cases pursuant to Section 163-26 of the 1976 Code, for 2 juveniles facing the possibility of a sentence of life without parole, and for the expenses of the operation of 3 the Commission on Indigent Defense to include salaries and operations expenses of the Death Penalty Trial 4 Division. The State also shall set aside $2,500,000 annually to pay fees and expenses of private counsel 5 appointed in noncapital cases pursuant to Section 173-50 (Conflict Fund). Of the funds generated from the 6 fees imposed under Sections 141-206(C)(4), 14-1-207(C)(6) and 14-1-208(C)(6) and the application fee 7 provided in Section 17-3-30(B), on a monthly basis, fifty percent must be deposited into the Death Penalty 8 Trial Fund, fifteen percent must be deposited into the Conflict Fund, and the remaining funds each month 9 must be apportioned among the counties’ public defender offices pursuant to Section 17-3-330. At the end 10 of each fiscal year any leftover funds shall carryover to the next fiscal year. All applications for the payment 11 of fees and expenses in capital cases shall be applied for from the Death Penalty Trial Fund which shall be 12 administered by the Commission on Indigent Defense. All applications for the payment of fees and expenses 13 of private counsel or expenses of public defenders pursuant to Section 17-3-50 shall be applied for from the 14 Conflict Fund administered by the Commission on Indigent Defense. Reimbursement in excess of the hourly 15 rate and limit set forth in Section 17-3-50 is authorized only if the court certifies, in a written order with 16 specific findings of fact, prior to the fees being incurred, that reimbursement in excess of the rates or limit is 17 necessary to provide reimbursement adequate to ensure effective assistance of counsel and reimbursement in 18 excess of the limit is appropriate because the services to be provided are reasonable and necessary. If prior 19 approval by written order of the court is not obtained, no additional fees shall be paid under any 20 circumstances. 21 Upon a finding in ex parte proceedings that investigative, expert, or other services are reasonable and 22 necessary for the representation of the defendant, the court shall authorize the defendant’s attorney to obtain 23 such services on behalf of the defendant and shall authorize the payment, from funds available to the 24 Commission on Indigent Defense, of fees and expenses not to exceed five hundred dollars as the court 25 considers appropriate. Payment in excess of the five hundred dollar limit is authorized only if the court 26 certifies, in a written order with specific findings of fact, prior to the expense being incurred, that payment in 27 excess of the limit is appropriate because the services to be provided are reasonable and necessary to provide 28 adequate defense. Payments shall be made from funds appropriated for this purpose from the Commission of 29 Indigent Defense. If prior approval by written order of the court is not obtained, no additional expenses shall 30 be paid under any circumstances. 31 Indigent defense vouchers authorized in this provision must be reviewed and paid pursuant to procedures 32 and policies established by the Commission on Indigent Defense. The commission shall provide a copy of 33 the established procedures and policies to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means 34 Committee. 35 61.2. (INDEF: State Employee Compensation Prohibited) Except as otherwise provided in Section 36 117.5, no money appropriated pursuant to Defense of Indigents shall be used to compensate any state 37 employees appointed by the court as examiners, guardians ad litem or attorneys nor shall such funds be used 38 in payment to any state agency for providing such services by their employees. 39 61.3. (INDEF: Appellate Conflict Fund) The purpose of the Appellate Conflict Fund is to provide 40 money to pay attorneys for representing indigent defendants on appellate review when the Office of 41 Appellate Defense is unable to do so. Funds designated for appellate use in conflict cases shall be 42 administered by the Commission on Indigent Defense. The Office of Appellate Defense must first determine 43 that it is unable to provide representation. Fees shall be $40 per hour for out of court work and $60 for in 44 court work, with a maximum of $3,500 per case for noncapital appeals. Fees shall be $50 per hour for out of 45 court work and $75 per hour for in court work in capital appeals with a maximum of $10,000 per capital 46 appeal. The appropriate appellate court shall review and approve vouchers for payment for appellate conflict 47 cases. The Office of Appellate Defense shall continue to provide printing and other support functions 48 currently provided from their resources. On June thirtieth of each year, the Commission on Indigent Defense 49 shall review all outstanding obligations in this fund. Any unspent and unobligated money shall be used to 50 pay outstanding vouchers in the Death Penalty Trial Fund or the Conflict Fund, provided the designated fund 51 has become exhausted during the year. 52 61.4. (INDEF: SC Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments) The funds appropriated under “SC 53 Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments” shall be used for Civil Court Appointments including Termination 54 of Parental Rights, Abuse and Neglect, Probate Court Commitments, Sexually Violent Predator Act, and 55 Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) and Criminal Conflict appointments to reimburse court appointed private PAGE 98 1 attorneys and for other expenditures as specified in this provision. SC Appellate Court Rule 608 2 Appointments funds may not be transferred or used for any other purpose. 3 A portion of the funds appropriated under “SC Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments” shall be used for 4 “Termination of Parental Rights” cases and “Abuse and Neglect” cases to reimburse private attorneys who 5 are appointed by the Family Court to represent guardians ad litem, children, or parents under the provisions 6 of S.C. Code Sections 20-7-110 et seq., 20-7-1570 et seq., 20-7-1695 (A)(2) et seq., 20-7-7205 et seq., and 7 20-7-8705 (4)(a) et seq.; for “Probate Court Commitment” cases to reimburse private attorneys who are 8 appointed by the Probate Court to represent indigent persons; and for “Sexually Violent Predator” cases to 9 reimburse private attorneys who are appointed by the Circuit Court pursuant to Sections 44-48-10, et seq., to 10 represent indigent persons. When private counsel is appointed pursuant to these provisions, counsel shall be 11 reimbursed a reasonable fee to be determined on the basis of fifty dollars per hour or reimbursement may 12 also be made on the basis of a set (flat) fee. The method of payment and the amount of the set fee will be 13 determined by the Commission on Indigent Defense. Attorney fees shall not exceed two thousand dollars for 14 any case under which such private attorney is appointed. 15 A portion of the funds appropriated under “SC Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments” shall be used for 16 noncapital Post Conviction Relief Cases. Any attorney appointed shall be compensated at a rate not to 17 exceed forty dollars per hour for time expended out of court and sixty dollars per hour for time expended in 18 court, or on the basis of a set (flat) fee. The method of payment and amount of set (flat) fee will be 19 determined by the Commission on Indigent Defense. Attorney fees shall not exceed one thousand dollars in 20 any single case. 21 A portion of the funds appropriated under “SC Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments” shall be used for 22 noncapital criminal cases pursuant to Section 17-3-50 (Conflict Fund). Any attorney appointed shall be 23 compensated at a rate not to exceed forty dollars per hour for time expended out of court and sixty dollars 24 per hour for time expended in court, or on the basis of a set (flat) fee. The method of payment and amount of 25 set (flat) fee will be determined by the Commission on Indigent Defense. Attorney fees shall not exceed 26 three thousand five hundred dollars in any single felony case or one thousand dollars in any single 27 misdemeanor case. 28 Reimbursement in excess of the hourly rate and limit set forth herein is authorized only if the court 29 certifies, in a written order with specific findings of fact, prior to the fees being incurred, that reimbursement 30 in excess of the rates or limit is necessary to provide reimbursement adequate to ensure effective assistance 31 of counsel and reimbursement in excess of the limit is appropriate because the services to be provided are 32 reasonable and necessary. If prior approval by written order of the court is not obtained, no additional fees 33 shall be paid under any circumstances. 34 Upon a finding in ex parte proceedings that investigative, expert, or other services are reasonable and 35 necessary for the representation of the defendant, the court shall authorize the defendant’s attorney to obtain 36 such services on behalf of the defendant and shall authorize the payment, from funds available to the 37 Commission on Indigent Defense, of fees and expenses not to exceed five hundred dollars as the court 38 considers appropriate. Payment in excess of the five hundred dollar limit is authorized only if the court 39 certifies, in a written order with specific findings of fact, prior to the expense being incurred, that payment in 40 excess of the limit is appropriate because the services to be provided are reasonable and necessary to provide 41 adequate defense. Payments shall be made from funds appropriated for this purpose from the Commission of 42 Indigent Defense. If prior approval by written order of the court is not obtained, no additional expenses shall 43 be paid under any circumstances. 44 Indigent defense vouchers authorized in this provision must be reviewed and paid pursuant to procedures 45 and policies established by the Commission on Indigent Defense. The commission shall provide a copy of 46 the established procedures and policies to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means 47 Committee. 48 A portion of the funds appropriated under “SC Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointments” may be used by 49 the Commission on Indigent Defense to retain, on a contractual basis, the services of attorneys qualified to 50 handle civil and criminal court appointments, to be reimbursed in accordance with applicable provisos and 51 statutes. 52 61.5. (INDEF: Carry Forward) To offset budget reductions, the Commission on Indigent Defense may 53 carry forward and utilize any unencumbered balances available in the Appellate Conflict Fund and the SC 54 Appellate Court Rule 608 Appointment Fund at the end of the prior fiscal year. 55 61.6. (INDEF: Public Defender Fee) Every person placed on probation on or after July 1, 2003, who 56 was represented by a public defender or appointed counsel, shall be assessed a fee of five hundred dollars. PAGE 99 1 The revenue generated from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court and sent on a monthly basis to 2 the Commission on Indigent Defense. However, if a defendant fails to pay this fee, this failure alone is not 3 sufficient basis for incarceration for a probation violation. This assessment shall be collected and paid over 4 before any other fees. 5 61.7. (INDEF: Defense of Indigents Civil Action Application Fee) (A) A person requesting 6 appointment of counsel in any termination of parental rights (TPR), abuse and neglect, or any other civil 7 court action in this state shall execute an affidavit that the person is financially unable to employ counsel and 8 that affidavit shall set forth all of the person’s assets. This affidavit must be completed before counsel may 9 be appointed. If it appears that the person has some assets but they are insufficient to employ private 10 counsel, the court, in its discretion, may order the person to pay these assets or a portion thereof to the 11 Commission on Indigent Defense. 12 (B) A forty dollar application fee for appointed counsel services must be collected from every person who 13 executes an affidavit that they are financially unable to employ counsel. The person may apply to the court, 14 the clerk of court, or other appropriate official for a waiver or reduction in the application fee. If it is 15 determined that the person is unable to pay the application fee, the fee may be waived or reduced, provided 16 that if the fee is waived or reduced, the clerk or appropriate official shall report the amount waived or 17 reduced to the trial judge and the trial judge shall order the remainder of the fee paid by a time payment 18 method or such method as the trial judge deems appropriate. The clerk of court or other appropriate official 19 shall collect the application fee imposed by this section and remit the proceeds to the Commission on 20 Indigent Defense on a monthly basis. The monies must be deposited in an interest-bearing account separate 21 from the general fund and used only to provide for indigent defense services. The monies shall be 22 administered by the Commission on Indigent Defense. The clerk of court or other appropriate official shall 23 maintain a record of all persons applying for representation and the disposition of the application and shall 24 provide this information to the Commission on Indigent Defense on a monthly basis as well as reporting the 25 amount of funds collected or waived. 26 (C) In matters in which a juvenile is brought before a court, the parents or legal guardian of such juvenile 27 shall execute the above affidavit based upon their financial status and shall be responsible for paying any fee. 28 In matters concerning juveniles, the parents or legal guardians of said juvenile, shall be advised in writing of 29 this requirement at the earliest stage of the proceedings against said juvenile. 30 (D) Nothing contained above shall restrict or hinder a court from appointing counsel in any emergency 31 proceedings or where existing statutes do not provide sufficient time for an individual to complete the 32 application process. 33 (E) The appointment of counsel, as herein before provided, creates a claim against the assets and estate of 34 the person who is provided counsel or the parents or legal guardians of a juvenile in an amount equal to the 35 costs of representation as determined by a voucher submitted by the appointed counsel and approved by the 36 court, less that amount that the person pays to the appointed counsel. 37 (F) Such claim shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court in the county where the person is assigned 38 counsel, but the filing of a claim shall not constitute a lien against real or personal property of the person 39 unless, in the discretion of the court, part or all of such claim is reduced to judgment by appropriate order of 40 the court, after serving the person with at least thirty days’ notice that judgment will be entered. When a 41 claim is reduced to judgment, it shall have the same effect as judgments, except as modified by this 42 provision. 43 61.8. (INDEF: Exemption for Pass Through Funding) The funds distributed by the Commission on 44 Indigent Defense to the Legal Services Corporation in accordance with Section 14-1-204 of the 1976 Code 45 shall not be considered part of the commission’s budget for purposes of calculating budget reductions. 46 61.9. (INDEF: Reporting Requirement) Circuit Public Defenders shall provide, in a manner and form as 47 the agency head requires, information and data concerning caseloads, dispositions, and other information as 48 required by the agency head or General Assembly. The agency shall withhold payments and transfers to 49 Circuit Public Defenders who are not in compliance with the agency reporting requirements. 50 61.10. (INDEF: Donation Carry Forward) The Commission on Indigent Defense may accept donations 51 for the publication of “The South Carolina Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist.” All revenue 52 derived from donations received at the Commission on Indigent Defense shall be retained, carried forward 53 and expended according to agreement reached between the donor, or donors, and the Commission on 54 Indigent Defense. 55 61.11. (INDEF: Capital Case Contract Attorneys) Funds appropriated from the Death Penalty Trial Fund 56 may be used by the commission to retain, on a contractual basis, the service of attorneys qualified to provide PAGE 100 1 representation in capital proceedings to include: capital trials, post-conviction relief actions, re-sentencing, 2 appeals or any other capital litigation proceeding. 3 The commission shall establish all policies, procedures and contract provisions as it deems appropriate for 4 the implementation of the system, including but not limited to the selection and compensation of contract 5 awardees. 6 61.12. (INDEF: Optional Courts and Indigent Representation) If a municipality has or elects to have an 7 optional municipal court system, it must provide adequate funds for representation of indigents. No public 8 defender shall be appointed in any such court unless the municipality and the office of the circuit public 9 defender have reached an agreement for indigent representation and no funds allocated to the commission 10 shall be used to provide compensation for appointed counsel in municipal courts.

11 12 SECTION 62 - D100 - STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 13 14 62.1. (SLED: Special Account Carry Forward) Funds awarded to the State Law Enforcement Division 15 by either court order or from donations or contributions shall be deposited in a special account with the State 16 Treasurer, and shall be carried forward from year to year, and withdrawn from the Treasurer as needed to 17 fulfill the purposes and conditions of the said order, donations or contributions, if specified, and if not 18 specified, as may be directed by the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division. Funds expended from the 19 special account must be annually reported by October first to the Senate Finance Committee and the Ways 20 and Means Committee. 21 62.2. (SLED: Computer/Communications Center Carry Forward) Revenue generated from the operation 22 of the division’s criminal justice computer/communications center and not expended during the prior fiscal 23 year may be carried forward and expended for the same purpose during the current fiscal year. 24 62.3. (SLED: Agents Operations Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth, of the prior 25 fiscal year, in Part IA, subsection 62 of the section “Agents Operations” may be carried forward and 26 expended for the same purpose in the current fiscal year. 27 62.4. (SLED: Match for Federal Grants Carry Forward) State appropriations to SLED that are required 28 to provide match for federal grant programs in the prior fiscal year may be carried forward into the current 29 fiscal year and expended for the same purpose as originally appropriated. 30 62.5. (SLED: Clothing Allowance) The State Law Enforcement Division is hereby authorized to 31 provide agents and criminalists with an annual clothing allowance (on a pro rata basis) not to exceed $600 32 per agent/criminalist for required clothing used in the line of duty. 33 62.6. (SLED: Witness Fee) The State Law Enforcement Division is hereby authorized to charge a 34 witness fee of $130.00 per hour up to $1,000 per day for each employee testifying in civil matters which do 35 not involve the State as a part in interest. This fee shall be charged in addition to any court prescribed 36 payment due as compensation or reimbursement for judicial appearances and deposited into a designated 37 revenue account. 38 62.7. (SLED: Commissioned Officers’ Physicals) The department is authorized to pay for the cost of 39 physical examinations for department personnel who are required to receive such physical examinations 40 prior to receiving a law enforcement commission. 41 62.8. (SLED: Meals in Emergency Operations) The State Law Enforcement Division may provide 42 meals to employees of SLED who are not permitted to leave assigned duty stations and are required to work 43 during deployment, emergency simulation exercises and when the Governor declares a state of emergency. 44 62.9. (SLED: Hazardous Materials Security Detail) The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is 45 authorized to be reimbursed for security related law enforcement services provided to entities authorized to 46 transport sensitive materials within the borders of South Carolina. SLED shall determine all costs associated 47 with security details and is authorized to coordinate the collection, retention, and distribution to any assisting 48 agency. SLED and each assisting agency shall expend any funds associated with minimizing risks related to 49 the transportation of these hazardous materials for the implementation of homeland security initiatives. 50 62.10. (SLED: Sex Offender Registry Fee) Each Sheriff is authorized to charge and collect an annual 51 amount of one hundred fifty dollars from each sex offender required to register by law. If such sex offender 52 has been declared indigent by the Sheriff of the county in which the offender must register and provides 53 proof of the declaration at the time of registration, the fee will automatically be waived. If an offender is not 54 declared indigent and fails to pay the fee, he is officially declared unregistered. This fee shall be divided 55 between the Sheriffs and the State Law Enforcement Division with one hundred dollars of the fee retained by PAGE 101 1 the Sheriffs and the remaining fifty dollars remitted by the Sheriffs to SLED on a quarterly basis. These 2 funds must be used to support the Statewide Sex Offender Registry. 3 62.11. (SLED: Private Detective Fees Criminal History Checks) The State Law Enforcement Division is 4 authorized to charge private detective companies, individual private detectives, private security companies, 5 armed security guards, and proprietary security companies a fee of twenty-five dollars to process state 6 criminal history checks and fifty dollars for federal fingerprint based criminal history checks. These funds 7 shall be collected, retained, expended and carried forward by the State Law Enforcement Division. 8 62.12. (SLED: CWP Instructors Certification) The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to 9 charge one hundred dollars for the issuance of a Certified Concealable Weapons Permit Instructor certificate, 10 and one hundred dollars every three years for each renewal. These funds shall be collected, retained, 11 expended and carried forward by the State Law Enforcement Division. 12 62.13. (SLED: Expungement Requests) The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to collect a 13 twenty-five dollar expungement fee for each request to expunge criminal records. These funds shall be used 14 to offset the operational and research expenses associated with processing these expungement requests. 15 SLED is authorized to collect, retain, expend, and carry forward these funds. Persons found not guilty by a 16 court of competent jurisdiction or where charges have been dismissed or nolle prossed shall be excluded 17 from the fee requirement. 18 62.14. (SLED: Retention of Funds Reimbursed by State or Federal Agencies) The State Law Enforcement 19 Division is authorized to collect, expend, retain, and carry forward all funds received from other state or federal 20 agencies in the current fiscal year as reimbursement of expenditures incurred in the current or prior fiscal year. 21 62.15. (SLED: Monies Associated with Illegal Gaming Devices) The State Law Enforcement Division is 22 authorized to retain, expend, and carry forward all monies associated with illegal gaming devices seized by 23 the division, once orders of destruction and awarding of these monies have been received from a court of 24 competent jurisdiction. 25 62.16. (SLED: Private Detective/Security Fee) The license and registration fees set by the State Law 26 Enforcement Division for private detective businesses, private security businesses, including employees of 27 these businesses, and companies which provide private security on their own premises must not exceed those 28 fees set by regulation as of January 1, 2011, unless otherwise approved by the General Assembly. From the 29 funds collected from these fees, the State Law Enforcement Division must transfer $480,000 to the 30 Department of Public Safety which shall be used for the purpose of providing security in the Capitol 31 Complex area. 32 62.17. (SLED: Criminal Record Search Fees) The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to 33 charge and collect a fee of eight dollars for a criminal record search for local park and recreation volunteers 34 through a commission, municipality, county, or the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and 35 Tourism. Any organization that is authorized to receive the reduced fee must not charge the volunteer, 36 mentor, member, or employee more than the eight dollars or any additional fee that is not required by the 37 State Law Enforcement Division. All criminal record searches conducted under this provision must be for a 38 volunteer, mentor, member or employee performing in an official capacity of the organization and must not 39 be resold. 40 62.18. (SLED: Compensatory Payment) In the event a State of Emergency is declared by the Governor, 41 exempt employees of the State Law Enforcement Division may be paid for actual hours worked in lieu of 42 accruing compensatory time, at the discretion of the Chief, and providing funds are available. 43 62.19. (SLED: Meth Lab Clean Up Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the 44 prior fiscal year, in the special line “Meth Lab Clean Up” may be carried forward and expended for agency 45 law enforcement operations in the current fiscal year. 46 62.20. (SLED: CWP Renewal and Replacement) A concealed weapons permit may not be suspended by 47 a state official, agent, or employee supported by state funds if the permit holder has initiated a renewal or 48 replacement application and the processing and issuance of a renewal or replacement permit is delayed for 49 administrative reasons. A concealed weapons permit remains valid during the pendency of the renewal or 50 replacement process so long as the application for replacement renewal is submitted prior to the expiration of 51 the permit. 52 62.21. (SLED: Drug Lab Electronic Mandatory Reporting System) Of the funds appropriated for Meth 53 Lab Clean Up, the State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to expend such funds for the development 54 and implementation of a statewide electronic mandatory reporting system for municipal, county and state 55 governmental entities to report information, as directed by the State Law Enforcement Division, pertaining to 56 the discovery or seizure of methamphetamine laboratories and dumpsites. PAGE 102 1 62.22. (SLED: Mandatory Meth Lab Reporting) If a municipal, county, or state governmental entity 2 locates, finds, or seizes a methamphetamine laboratory or dumpsite within the State, the governmental entity 3 shall report the incident within three business days to the State Law Enforcement Division. 4 The State Law Enforcement Division shall determine the reporting mechanism and is authorized to 5 request, receive, catalogue, classify, and maintain all information it determines necessary pertaining to the 6 laboratory or dumpsite including, but not limited to, the location, the type of manufacturing method used, 7 and suspect information. The State Law Enforcement Division shall maintain information related to these 8 governmental reports on its website, which must be made available to the public, and is authorized to use 9 funds appropriated for Meth Lab Clean Up towards the prudent maintenance of information reported. 10 A governmental entity that fails to report information to the State Law Enforcement Division pursuant to 11 this proviso is ineligible to receive public safety grants that are funded through the South Carolina Public 12 Safety Coordinating Council pursuant to Section 23-6-520(2) of the 1976 Code. 13 62.23. (SLED: First Responder PTSD Treatment) From the funds provided for First Responder PTSD 14 Treatment, the State Law Enforcement Division shall distribute fifty percent to the South Carolina Law 15 Enforcement Assistance Program to reimburse law enforcement officers who incur mental injury as a result 16 of a critical incident during the scope of employment for actual out-of-pocket expenses not covered through 17 worker’s compensation claims and/or other insurance and can also be utilized to provide services through the 18 South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The State Law Enforcement Division shall distribute 19 fifty percent to the South Carolina State Firefighters Association for the South Carolina Firefighter 20 Assistance Support Team to reimburse firefighters and emergency medical technicians who incur mental 21 injury as a result of a critical incident during the scope of employment for actual out-of-pocket expenses not 22 covered through worker’s compensation claims and/or other insurance and can also be utilized to provide 23 services through the South Carolina Firefighter Assistance Support Team. The State Law Enforcement 24 Division shall promulgate any administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

25 26 SECTION 63 - K050 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 27 28 63.1. (DPS: Special Events Traffic Control) The highway patrol must not charge any fee associated with 29 special events for maintaining traffic control and ensuring safety on South Carolina public roads and 30 highways unless approved by the General Assembly. Nothing shall prohibit the Treasury of the State from 31 accepting voluntary payment of fees from private or public entities to defray the actual expenses incurred for 32 services provided by the Department of Public Safety. 33 63.2. (DPS: Retention of Private Detective Fees) The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized 34 to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward all funds transmitted from SLED related to fees charged and 35 collected by SLED from license and registration fees for private detective businesses, private security 36 businesses, including employees of these businesses, and companies which provide private security on their 37 own premises. The funds transferred are to be used in the Bureau of Protective Services Program to provide 38 security for state agencies and the Capitol Complex. 39 63.3. (DPS: Motor Carrier Advisory Committee) From the funds appropriated and/or authorized to the 40 Department of Public Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the departments are directed to jointly 41 establish a Motor Carrier Advisory Committee to solicit input from the Trucking Industry and other 42 interested parties in developing policies and procedures for the regulation of this industry. The members of 43 the advisory committee shall serve without compensation. 44 63.4. (DPS: Sale of Real Property) At such time as any portion of the Laurens Road property in 45 Greenville is declared to be surplus by the agency or agencies which occupy said portion, and after receiving 46 approval from the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, for the sale of the 47 property, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Motor 48 Vehicles are authorized to receive, retain, expend, and carry forward funds derived from the sale of the real 49 property in which each agency holds an interest or title. No portion of the property may be declared as 50 surplus by one agency if another agency is occupying said property. The Department of Public Safety is 51 directed to use these funds to defray the operating expenses of the Highway Patrol and the Department of 52 Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicles are directed to use their portion of these funds for 53 department operating expenses. 54 63.5. (DPS: CMV Driver Rest Areas) A joint working group is to be established between the 55 Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, State Transport Police and the South Carolina PAGE 103 1 Trucking Association to review and evaluate where critical rest areas may be made available for commercial 2 motor vehicle drivers to park and obtain their federally mandated required rest. 3 63.6. (DPS: SC Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame Scholarships) The Department of Public Safety 4 is hereby authorized to accept donations from the public in order to provide scholarships to the children of 5 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of 6 Fame Advisory Committee is authorized to set the criteria for awarding such scholarships. All revenue 7 received for this purpose shall be used to provide scholarships and shall be retained, carried forward, and 8 expended for the same purpose. 9 63.7. (DPS: Hours of Service Rest Requirements) Of the funds directed to the Department of Public 10 Safety, the department shall expend the necessary funds to establish a policy to allow drivers of commercial 11 motor vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce to use time waiting in their trucks while on the job to satisfy 12 any hours of service thirty minute rest requirements. The policy shall then be printed and distributed to the 13 Senate Transportation Committee and the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee. 14 In addition, the policy shall be provided to any motor carrier who requests a copy. The department is further 15 instructed to allow the Motor Carrier Advisory Committee to review options that may facilitate adoption of 16 allowable variances from state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations, as well as specific relief for 17 interstate border-zone operations. 18 63.8. (DPS: Body Cameras) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to retain and carry forward 19 unexpended funds associated with body cameras from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and 20 expend those funds for the same purpose. 21 63.9. (DPS: Overtime Pay) The department is authorized and required to pay current law enforcement 22 officers, by October 1st of the current fiscal year, for any compensatory time earned and not used in the 23 prior fiscal year. The funds for this compensation must be provided from available personal services and/or 24 employer contributions funds carried forward from the prior fiscal year.

25 26 SECTION 64 -N200 - LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL 27 28 64.1. (LETC: CJA-Federal, Other Flow Through Funds) In order to complete projects begun in a prior 29 fiscal year, the Law Enforcement Training Council, Criminal Justice Academy is authorized to expend 30 federal and earmarked funds in the current fiscal year for expenditures incurred in the prior fiscal year. 64.2. (LETC: CJA-Retention of Emergency Expenditure Refunds) The Law Enforcement Training Council, Criminal Justice Academy is authorized to collect, expend, retain, and carry forward all funds received from other state or federal agencies in the current fiscal year as reimbursement of expenditures incurred in the current or prior fiscal year when personnel and equipment are 31 mobilized and expenses incurred due to an emergency. 32 SECTION 65 - N040 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 33 34 65.1. (CORR: Canteen Operations) Revenue derived wholly from the canteen operations within the 35 Department of Corrections on behalf of the inmate population, may be retained and expended by the 36 department for the continuation of the operation of said canteens and the welfare of the inmate population or, 37 at the discretion of the Director, used to supplement costs of operations. The canteen operation is to be 38 treated as an enterprise fund within the Department of Corrections and is not to be subsidized by state 39 appropriated funds. 40 65.2. (CORR: E.H. Cooper Trust Fund) Any unclaimed funds remaining in any inmate account, after 41 appropriate and necessary steps are taken to determine and contact a rightful owner of such funds, shall be 42 deposited into the Inmate Welfare Fund. 43 65.3. (CORR: Instructional Salaries) The certified instructional personnel of the Department of 44 Corrections shall receive a percentage increase in their annual salary for the current fiscal year equal to the 45 percentage allocated to the instructional personnel throughout the State. 46 65.4. (CORR: Funding Through State Criminal Assistance Program) All funds received by the State 47 from the United States Department of Justice, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, for care and custody 48 of illegal aliens housed in the state correctional facilities shall be retained by the South Carolina Department 49 of Corrections to offset incurred expenses. PAGE 104 1 65.5. (CORR: Remedial Education Funding) A criminal offender committed to the custody of the 2 Department of Corrections, who has been evaluated to function at less than an eighth grade educational level, 3 or less than the equivalent of an eighth grade educational level, may be required by department officials to 4 enroll and actively participate in academic education programs. Funds appropriated to the Department of 5 Corrections for educational programs shall be prioritized to assure such remedial services are provided. 6 65.6. (CORR: Tire Retreading Program Restriction) The tire retreading program at the Lieber 7 Correctional Institution shall be limited to the marketing and sale of retreads to state governmental entities. 8 65.7. (CORR: Social Security Administration Funding) All funds received by the South Carolina 9 Department of Corrections from the Social Security Administration under Section 1611 (e)(1)(I) of the 10 Social Security Act, which provides payment for information regarding incarcerated Social Security 11 Insurance recipients, shall be retained by the South Carolina Department of Corrections and credited to a 12 fund entitled “Special Social Security” for the care and custody of inmates housed in the state correctional 13 facilities. 14 65.8. (CORR: Medical Expenses) The Department of Corrections shall be authorized to charge inmates 15 a nominal fee for any medical treatment or consultation provided at the request of or initiated by the inmate. 16 A nominal co-pay shall be charged for prescribed medications. Inmates shall not be charged for 17 psychological or mental health visits. 18 65.9. (CORR: Prison Industry Funds) The Director of the Department of Corrections, at his discretion, 19 is hereby authorized to utilize prison industry funds for projects or services benefiting the general welfare of 20 the inmate population or to supplement costs of operations. These funds may be carried forward from the 21 prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. 22 65.10. (CORR: Reimbursement for Expenditures) The Department of Corrections may retain for general 23 operating purposes any reimbursement of funds for expenses incurred in a prior fiscal year.

24 65.11. (CORR: Sale of Real Property) Funds generated from the sale of real property owned by the 25 Department of Corrections shall be retained by the department to offset renovation and maintenance capital 26 expenditures. 27 65.12. (CORR: Funds From Vehicle Cleaning) Monies generated by inmates engaged in the cleaning and 28 waxing of private vehicles, or any other adult work activity center, shall be placed in a special account and 29 utilized for the welfare of the inmate population. 30 65.13. (CORR: Release of Inmates) The Director of the Department of Corrections and other persons 31 having charge of prisoners who are required to serve a period of six months or more, may release all such 32 prisoners, including prisoners to whom Section 24-13-150(A) of the 1976 Code applies, on the first day of 33 the month in which their sentences expire, and if the first day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a 34 legal holiday, such prisoners may be released on the last weekday prior to the first of the month which is not 35 a holiday. 36 65.14. (CORR: Western Union Funding) All funds received by the South Carolina Department of 37 Corrections from the Western Union Quick Collect Revenue Sharing Program or similar private sector 38 entities, which provides payment for processing electronic transfers into the E.H. Cooper Trust Fund, shall 39 be retained by the South Carolina Department of Corrections and credited to a fund entitled “Inmate Welfare 40 Fund” to be expended for the benefit of the inmate population. 41 65.15. (CORR: Monitoring Fees) The Department of Corrections is authorized to charge an inmate who 42 participates in community programs a reasonable fee for the cost of supplying electronic and telephonic 43 monitoring. The fees charged may not exceed the actual cost of the monitoring. 44 65.16. (CORR: Inmate Insurance Policies) The Department of Corrections may collect and record private 45 health insurance information from incarcerated individuals. The department may file against any private 46 insurance policy covering an inmate to recoup any health care expenditures covered by the policy. Health 47 care will be provided in accordance with law and standards regardless of whether or not an inmate is covered 48 by insurance. 49 65.17. (CORR: Work Release Transportation Fee) The South Carolina Department of Corrections is 50 authorized to charge a $4.00 per day transportation fee to participants in the work release program only when 51 such transportation is provided by the department. Monies collected shall be credited to the South Carolina 52 Department of Corrections, and utilized solely to fund transportation of work release participants and vehicle 53 replacement for the work release program. 54 65.18. (CORR: Special Assignment Pay Level 2 & 3 Facilities) Funds appropriated for special 55 assignment pay at the Department of Corrections are for the purpose of addressing vacancies and turnover of PAGE 105 1 staff by providing a pay differential for certain employees assigned to institutions with a Level II or Level III 2 security designation. The funds are to be used for special assignment pay only and may not be transferred to 3 any other program. If the employee leaves one of the qualifying job classes or leaves a Level II or Level III 4 institution for a non-Level II or non-Level III facility, they shall no longer be eligible for this special 5 assignment pay. Only employees in full-time equivalent positions are eligible for this special assignment 6 pay. 7 The special assignment pay is not a part of the employee’s base salary, but is a percentage thereof, and is 8 to be paid so as not to exceed the percentages specified below and is as determined by the Director of the 9 Department of Corrections at Level II and Level III institutions: 10 (1) Cadets; 11 (2) Correctional Officers, including Class Code JD-30 (Officer I and II positions); 12 (3) Corporals I and II; 13 (4) Sergeants and Lieutenants; 14 (5) Captains and Majors; 15 (6) Nursing Staff; 16 (7) Food Services Staff; and 17 (8) Warden. 18 (A) At Level II institutions: 19 (1) four percent for Correctional Officers including Class Code JD-30 (cadets and Officer I and 20 II positions) and Corporals I and II; 21 (2) two percent for Sergeants and Lieutenants; 22 (3) one percent for Captains and Majors; 23 (4) two percent for Nursing staff; and 24 (5) two percent for Food Service staff. 25 (B) At Level III institutions: 26 (1) eight percent for Correctional Officers including Class Code JD-30 (cadets and Officer I 27 and II positions) and Corporals I and II; 28 (2) three percent for Sergeants and Lieutenants; 29 (3) one percent for Captains and Majors; 30 (4) three percent for Nursing staff; and 31 (5) three percent for Food Service staff. 32 65.19. (CORR: Quota Elimination) Pursuant to Section 24-3-60 of the 1976 Code, upon notification by 33 the county, the Department of Corrections shall accept newly sentenced inmates from each local jail and 34 detention center. 35 For sentenced inmates who the county is willing to transport, the department may limit the acceptance at 36 the Kirkland Correctional Institution to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 37 excluding holidays, and at the Perry and Lieber Correctional Institutions to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 38 a.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. 39 By mutual agreement between the Department of Corrections and a local jail or detention center, the 40 department may establish an alternate admissions schedule for receiving inmates at the Reception and 41 Evaluation Center. 42 At the time of transfer of the inmate to the department, the county shall provide the sentencing order, and 43 if available copies of medical screening records, booking reports, and other documents to assist the 44 department in its intake processing. Counties that have not completed medical screenings at the time of 45 transfer shall not be required to do so. 46 In the event there are inadequate beds within the Reception and Evaluation Center, the Department of 47 Corrections may create a “jail” within the Kirkland Correctional Institution using one or more of the 48 available 192-bed housing units to accept newly sentenced state inmates who are awaiting R & E processing. 49 The department may operate such “jail,” to the extent feasible, in accordance with standards applicable to the 50 local jails. 51 The department shall use the funds appropriated in this act for “Quota Elimination” to accomplish this 52 initiative and to open a 96-bed unit at the MacDougall Correctional Institution and the 192-bed housing units 53 at Kirkland Correctional Institution. The funds may not be transferred to any other program or used for any 54 other purpose. 55 65.20. (CORR: Public/Private Partnerships for Construction) Funds appropriated in Act 407 of 2006, 56 item 23, shall be used to construct as many multi-purpose buildings at Department of Corrections institutions PAGE 106 1 as possible. For such facilities at Lieber, McCormick, Leath, Perry, or Allendale Correctional Institution, at 2 least $150,000 in matching funds and/or construction materials or services must be donated before 3 construction of the facility may begin. At other Department of Corrections locations, the Director may 4 require that donated funds and/or materials or services equal one-half of the cost of construction, including 5 design and engineering costs. 6 65.21. (CORR: Inmate Barbering Program) Inmate barbers in the Inmate Barbering Program at the 7 Department of Corrections, shall not be subject to the licensing requirement of Section 40-7-30 of the 1976 8 Code. 9 65.22. (CORR: Executed Inmate Autopsy) For the current fiscal year, the autopsy requirements of 10 Section 17-7-10 of the 1976 Code are suspended when an inmate is executed by the Department of 11 Corrections pursuant to a valid order of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. 12 65.23. (CORR: Recoupment of Expenses Associated with Inmate Cremation) If the Department of 13 Corrections incurs expenses for cremating and disposing of an unclaimed deceased inmate, the department 14 may recoup all associated costs of cremation, including transportation, through the deceased inmate’s E.H. 15 Cooper account, providing funds are available. 16 65.24. (CORR: Credited Jail Time; DNA Sample Collection) Inmates committed to the Department of 17 Corrections for sentences greater than ninety days, but who have credit for jail time in excess of their 18 sentence to incarceration are not required to be transported to the Reception and Evaluation Center of the 19 Department of Corrections. Cities and counties housing inmates who have credit for jail time in excess of 20 their sentence may, through written agreement with the Department of Corrections, transfer required 21 commitment records to the department electronically or by other means. The Department of Corrections 22 must establish reasonable documentation requirements to facilitate the implementation of this cost savings 23 measure. Employees of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services assigned to the court or 24 employees of the Department of Corrections, as applicable, shall obtain DNA samples from the offenders 25 who are required to submit DNA samples. This provision does not exempt the above referenced inmates 26 from the $250 DNA fee as required by Section 233-670 of the 1976 Code. The $250 fee shall be collected in 27 the same manner as other fines and fees and submitted to the State Treasurer for remittance to SLED. 28 65.25. (CORR: Cell Phone Interdiction) The Director of the Department of Corrections is granted the 29 right to add a surcharge to all inmate pay phone calls to offset the cost of equipment and operations of cell 30 phone interdiction measures. The surcharge will be added to the cost per call, collected by chosen telephone 31 vendor and paid to the department on a monthly basis. The department is authorized to retain the funds to 32 pay, either directly or through the State lease program, for equipment required to enact cell phone 33 interdiction or retrieval. When the equipment has been paid in full, the surcharge amount will be reviewed 34 and adjusted to cover the cost of ongoing operational expenses of the interdiction equipment. Any 35 unexpended balance may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and be used 36 for the same purpose. 37 65.26. (CORR: Correctional Institution Maintenance and Construction) For maintenance and 38 construction activities funded in the current fiscal year, the Department of Corrections may utilize inmate 39 labor to perform any portion of the work on its own grounds and facilities. The provisions of Section 40-11- 40 360(A)(9) of the 1976 Code shall apply to any such project, including new construction. 41 65.27. (CORR: Meals in Emergency Operations) The Department of Corrections may provide meals to 42 public employees who are not permitted to leave their stations and are required to work during actual 43 emergencies, emergency simulation exercises, or when the Governor declares a state of emergency. 44 65.28. (CORR: Prohibition on Funding Certain Surgery) (A) The Department of Corrections is 45 prohibited from using state funds or state resources to provide a prisoner in the state prison system sexual 46 reassignment surgery; however, if a person is taking hormonal therapy at the time the person is committed to 47 the Department of Corrections, the department shall continue to provide this therapy to the person as long as 48 medically necessary for the health of the person. 49 (B) As used in this provision: 50 (1) ‘Hormonal therapy’ means the use of hormones to stimulate the development or alteration of a 51 person’s sexual characteristics in order to alter the person’s physical appearance so that the person appears 52 more like the opposite gender; 53 (2) ‘Sexual reassignment surgery’ means a surgical procedure to alter a person’s physical 54 appearance so that the person appears more like the opposite gender.

55 PAGE 107 1 SECTION 66 - N080 - DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES 2 3 66.1. (DPPP: Sale of Equipment) All revenue generated by the Department of Probation, Parole and 4 Pardon Services from the sale of various equipment in excess of $575, less the cost of disposition incurred by 5 the Department of Administration, may be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year and 6 expended for the purpose of purchasing like items. 7 66.2. (DPPP: Interstate Compact Application Fee) The department may charge offenders an application 8 fee set by the department, not to exceed the department’s actual costs, to offenders applying for transfers out 9 of or into the state under the Interstate Compact Act. The application fee shall be retained by the department 10 to offset the cost of the Interstate Compact Act. All unexpended funds at year-end may be retained and 11 carried forward by the department to be expended for the same purpose. 12 66.3. (DPPP: GED Learn and Earn Program) From the funds appropriated in Part IA, the department 13 may enter into agreements with statewide colleges, technical colleges, and school districts for the purpose of 14 providing GED and GED Prep education to offenders. Offenders of the department enrolled in the program 15 must repay the department the cost of the course and materials within six months of obtaining their GED. 16 66.4. (DPPP: Sex Offender Monitoring Carry Forward) The Department of Probation, Parole and 17 Pardon Services is authorized to carry forward any unexpended funds in the Sex Offender Monitoring 18 program. These funds must be used for the sex offender monitoring program. For the purpose of calculating 19 the amount of funds which may be carried forward by the department, Sex Offender Monitoring program 20 funds carried forward by this provision shall be excluded from the calculation of the carry forward 21 authorized by provision elsewhere in this act. 22 66.5. (DPPP: Offender Drug Testing Fee) The department may charge offenders a fee set by the 23 department, not to exceed $50, for the purpose of drug testing. If it is determined that the offender is 24 indigent, this fee must be waived. The fee shall be retained by the department to offset the cost of drug 25 testing. All unexpended funds at year-end may be retained and carried forward by the department to be 26 expended for the same purpose. 27 66.6. (DPPP: Public Service Employment Set-Up Fee) In addition to any other fee, the department may 28 charge an adult offender placed under the jurisdiction of the department, who is ordered to public service 29 employment by the court, a twenty-five dollar Public Service Employment set-up fee. The fee must be 30 retained by the department and applied to the department’s supervision process. The department shall 31 submit a report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and 32 Means Committee on the number of offenders who were assessed the set-up fee and the amount of funds 33 collected.

34 35 SECTION 67 - N120 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 36 37 67.1. (DJJ: Meal Ticket Revenue) The revenue generated from sale of meal tickets by the Department of 38 Juvenile Justice shall be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year by the agency and expended 39 for the operation of the agency’s cafeterias and food service programs. 40 67.2. (DJJ: Interstate Compact Revenue) The revenue returned to the Interstate Compact Program shall 41 be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year by the agency and expended for the operation of 42 the program. 43 67.3. (DJJ: Children’s Projects Revenue) Funds generated from the projects undertaken by children 44 under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice may be retained by the department and utilized 45 for the benefit of those children. Such funds may be carried forward into the following fiscal year. 46 67.4. (DJJ: Instructional Salaries) The certified instructional personnel of the Department of Juvenile 47 Justice shall receive a percentage increase in their annual salary for the current fiscal year equal to the 48 percentage allocated to the instructional personnel throughout the State. 49 67.5. (DJJ: Reimbursements for Expenditures) The Department of Juvenile Justice may retain for 50 general operating purposes any reimbursement of funds for expenses incurred in a prior fiscal year. 51 67.6. (DJJ: Juvenile Arbitration/Community Advocacy Program) The amount appropriated and 52 authorized in this section for the Juvenile Arbitration Program shall be retained and expended by the 53 Department of Juvenile Justice for the purpose of providing juvenile arbitration services through the sixteen 54 Judicial Circuit Solicitors’ offices in the state and used to fund necessary administrative and personnel costs 55 for the programs. PAGE 108 1 The Department of Juvenile Justice shall contract with Solicitors to administer the Juvenile Arbitration 2 Program and disburse up to $60,000 per Judicial Circuit based on services rendered. The amount payable to 3 Solicitors may vary based on consistent adherence to established statewide program guidelines to assess 4 program performance. 5 The $250,000 appropriated for the Community Advocacy Program in the first Judicial Circuit, will be 6 used to fund necessary administrative and personnel costs for this status offender diversion program. The 7 Department of Juvenile Justice shall monitor and provide support to this program. 8 All unexpended funds may be retained and carried forward from the prior fiscal year to be used for the 9 same purposes. 10 67.7. (DJJ: Sale of Real Property) After receiving approval from the Department of Administration or 11 State Fiscal Accountability Authority, for the sale of property, the department is authorized to retain 12 revenues associated with the sale of department-owned real property and may expend these funds on capital 13 improvements reviewed by the Joint Bond Review Committee and approved by the State Fiscal 14 Accountability Authority. 15 67.8. (DJJ: Sale of Timber) The Department of Juvenile Justice is hereby authorized to sell mature trees 16 and other timber suitable for commercial purposes from lands owned by the department. Prior to such sales, 17 the director shall consult with the State Forester to determine economic and environmental feasibility and to 18 obtain approval for such sales. Funds derived from timber sales shall be retained and utilized for family 19 support services after setting aside a reasonable amount, as determined by the State Forester, for reforestation 20 of the lands from which the trees and timber are sold. 21 67.9. (DJJ: Drug Free Workplace) The critical mission of the Department of Juvenile Justice requires a 22 safe and drug free work environment. In order to accomplish this, the department may conduct and pay for 23 the cost of pre-employment drug testing and random employee drug testing. The department is authorized to 24 expend funds in order to provide or procure these services. 25 67.10. (DJJ: Definition of Juveniles) The Department of Juvenile Justice is authorized to place juveniles 26 in marine and wilderness programs or other community residence programs operated by nongovernmental 27 entities. Juveniles receiving services in these community residence programs must either be referred to such 28 a program by the Family Court as a condition of probation, released to such a program by the Board of 29 Juvenile Parole, or voluntarily agree to be assigned and released to such a program by the Department of 30 Juvenile Justice. 31 67.11. (DJJ: Adult Education - GED) Juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice who 32 have been enrolled in, but not yet completed, a GED educational program while at the department, at the 33 discretion of the local school district, upon release from the department shall be allowed to enroll in either 34 the juvenile’s local school district’s regular education program, in their appropriate grade placement, or 35 allowed to enroll in that district’s or county’s adult education program. If enrolled in an adult education 36 program, the juvenile’s eligibility for taking the GED shall be based upon the regulations promulgated by the 37 Department of Education for youth who are confined in, or under the custody of, the Department of Juvenile 38 Justice. 39 67.12. (DJJ: Local District Effort) Upon commitment or confinement to a Department of Juvenile Justice 40 facility, the school district in which that child resides shall pay an amount equivalent to the statewide average 41 of the local base student cost (thirty percent), multiplied by the appropriate pupil weighting set forth in 42 Section 5920-40, for instructional services provided to out-of-district students to the Department of Juvenile 43 Justice for the time period in which the child is committed or confined to a department facility. EFA funding 44 for school districts is provided for a one hundred eighty day school year. The billing provided by the 45 department shall be calculated by dividing the local base student cost by two hundred twenty-five days to 46 determine the daily rate. The department shall notify the school district in writing within forty-five calendar 47 days that a student from the nonresident district is receiving education services pursuant to this provision. 48 The notice shall also contain the student’s name, date of birth, disabling condition if available, and dates of 49 service. 50 The invoice shall be paid within sixty days of billing, provided the department has provided a copy of the 51 invoice to both the superintendent and the finance office of the school district being invoiced. Should the 52 school district fail to pay the invoice within sixty days, the department can seek relief from the Department 53 of Education. The Department of Education shall withhold EFA funding equal to the billing from the district 54 refusing to pay and submit the funding (equal to the invoice) to the department. If adequate funding is not 55 received, the department shall have the flexibility to use funds from other programmatic areas to maintain an 56 appropriate level of service. PAGE 109 1 67.13. (DJJ: Early Release Authorization) In order to avoid unconstitutional levels of overcrowding and 2 other unconstitutional conditions from occurring in facilities operated by the department and in residential 3 programs operated for the department, the number of children housed in residential placements (either 4 committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice or who are under the department’s 5 supervision) shall not exceed the number of beds available to the department to house them. Should 6 appropriation reductions necessitate that the department close any additional facility, program, or housing 7 unit it operates, or to be unable to fund any additional residential program operated for its benefit, the 8 department is authorized and empowered to release from its residential placements sufficient numbers of 9 children committed to its custody or supervision for a status offense, a misdemeanor offense, other than 10 Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature and Assault with Intent to Kill, or for violation of 11 probation/contempt of a status offense or a misdemeanor offense, other than Assault and Battery of a High 12 and Aggravated Nature and Assault with Intent to Kill, so that the number of children in its custody or under 13 its supervision and placed in these residential placements does not exceed the number of housing units/beds 14 available to properly house those children. No child adjudicated delinquent for a violent crime as defined in 15 Section 16160 of the 1976 Code, a felony offense as defined in Section 16190 of the 1976 Code, or a sexual 16 offense shall be released pursuant to this proviso.

17 18 SECTION 70 - L360 - HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION 19 20 70.1. (HAC: Human Affairs Forum Carry Forward) All revenue derived from donations and registration 21 fees received for attendance at Human Affairs Forums shall be retained and carried forward and expended 22 for the purpose of general operations of the Human Affairs Commission. 23 70.2. (HAC: Training Revenue) All revenue derived from fees received from training and technical 24 assistance provided by the Human Affairs Commission to entities other than state agencies shall be retained, 25 carried forward, and expended for the purpose of general operations of the Human Affairs Commission. 26 70.3. (HAC: Revenue from Copying Fees) All revenue derived from providing requested copies of 27 commission files, final opinions, orders, and determinations shall be retained, carried forward, and expended 28 for the purpose of general operations of the Human Affairs Commission.

29 30 SECTION 71 - L460 - COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS 31 32 71.1. (CMA: Private Contributions and Sponsorship) Monies derived from private sources for agency 33 research, forums, training, and institutes may be retained and expended by the commission for the said 34 purpose. Any remaining balance may be carried forward and expended for the same purpose. 35 71.2. (CMA: Carry Forward Registration Fees) Revenue derived from registration fees received from 36 training and institutes may be retained and carried forward for the purpose of conducting future training and 37 institutes. 38 71.3. (CMA: Carry Forward Grant Awards) Revenues pooled from public and private sources for the 39 purpose of awarding grants to address problems in the minority community may be retained and carried 40 forward by the commission. 41 71.4. (CMA: Carry Forward Bingo Revenues) Bingo revenues received by the commission in the prior 42 fiscal year pursuant to Section 12-21-4200(3) of the 1976 Code which are not expended during that fiscal 43 year may be carried forward to be expended in the current fiscal year. 44 71.5. (CMA: Retention of Photocopy Fees) Revenue derived from photocopy fees and other fees related 45 to Freedom of Information Act requests from the general public may be retained and carried forward by the 46 Commission.

47 48 SECTION 73 - R060 - OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF 49 50 73.1. (ORS: Transportation Fee Refund) The Transportation Department of the Office of Regulatory 51 Staff is hereby authorized to make refunds of fees which were erroneously collected. 52 73.2. (ORS: Assessment Certification) Office of Regulatory Staff shall certify to the Department of 53 Revenue the amounts to be assessed to cover appropriations in this section as follows: (1) the amount PAGE 110 1 applicable to the assessment on public utility, telephone utility, radio common carrier and electric utility 2 companies as provided for by Section 58-4-60, Code of Laws of 1976, (2) the amount to be assessed against 3 gas utility companies as provided for in Section 58-5-940, Code of Laws of 1976, (3) the amount to be 4 assessed against electric light and power companies as provided for in Sections 58-4-60 and 582750, Code of 5 Laws of 1976, and (4) the amount to be covered by revenue from motor transport fees as provided for by 6 Section 5823630, and other fees as set forth in Section 58-4-60, Code of Laws of 1976. The amount to be 7 assessed against railroad companies shall consist of all expenses related to the operations of the Railway 8 subprogram of the Agency’s Transportation Division, to include the related distribution of salary increments 9 and employer contributions not reflected in the related subprogram of this act as set forth in Section 584-60, 10 Code of Laws of 1976. 11 73.3. (ORS: Assessment Adjustments) If the Office of Regulatory Staff determines that a person or 12 entity subject to Title 58 of the 1976 Code has been assessed an amount greater than that authorized by 13 Sections 58-4-60, 58-3-100 and 58-3-540, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall, at its discretion: 14 (a) refund the person or entity the amount of over collection using funds from the current fiscal year; 15 (b) refund the person or entity the amount of over collection using any unexpended funds from the 16 prior fiscal year; 17 (c) credit the amount the person or entity will be assessed in the next fiscal year for the amount of over 18 collection; or 19 (d) any combination of these. 20 The Office of Regulatory Staff, when determining the amount to be assessed in the next fiscal year, may 21 take into consideration any underpayment or overpayment by a person or entity during a given year. Any 22 unexpended funds from revenue generated pursuant to this section may be retained and carried forward and 23 expended for the same purposes. 73.4. (ORS: SSEB Annual Dues) The annual dues of the Southern States Energy Board shall be paid from the Radioactive Waste 24 Operating Fund. 25 SECTION 74 - R080 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION 26 27 74.1. (WCC: Medical Services Provider Manual Revenue) All revenue earned from the sale of the 28 commission’s publication Medical Services Provider Manual shall be retained by the agency to be used for 29 the printing and distribution of subsequent revised editions of the schedule. 30 74.2. (WCC: Educational Seminar Revenue) All revenue earned from educational seminars shall be 31 retained by the agency to be used for the printing of educational materials and other expenses related to 32 conducting the seminar. 33 74.3. (WCC: Retention of Filing Fees) The Workers’ Compensation Commission is authorized to 34 retain and expend all revenues received as a result of a $25.00 filing fee for each requested hearing, 35 settlement, or motion. If it is determined that the individual is indigent, this filing fee must be waived.

36 37 SECTION 75 - R120 - STATE ACCIDENT FUND 38 39 75.1. (SAF: Educational Seminar Revenue) The State Accident Fund is authorized to set and collect fees 40 for educational seminars. All revenue earned from educational seminars shall be retained by the agency and 41 used for supplies, materials, and other expenses relating to the seminars.

42 43 SECTION 78 - R200 - DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE 44 45 78.1. (INS: Examiners Travel/Subsistence Reimbursement) Notwithstanding the limitations in this act 46 as to amounts payable or reimbursable for lodging, meals, and travel, the Department of Insurance is 47 authorized to reimburse department examiners in accordance with guidelines established by the National 48 Association of Insurance Commissioners only when the State is reimbursed by an insurance company for the 49 travel and subsistence expenses of Insurance Department examiners pursuant to Section 38-13-10 of the 50 1976 Code. PAGE 111 1 78.2. (INS: Reimbursement Carry Forward) Reimbursements received for Data Processing Services, 2 Revenue, Miscellaneous Revenue and Sale of Listings and Labels shall be retained for use by the 3 department. These funds may be carried forward in the current fiscal year. 78.3. (INS: Fees for Licenses) The Department of Insurance shall be authorized to charge a twenty-five dollar initial producer license fee; a twenty-five dollar biennial producer license renewal fee; and a two hundred- fifty dollar penalty fee for late appointment renewals. The director shall specify the time and manner of payment of these fees. These fees shall be retained by the department 4 for the administration of Title 38. 5 SECTION 79 - R230 - BOARD OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 6 7 79.1. (FI: Supervisory Fees) The Board of Financial Institutions shall fix supervisory fees of banks, 8 savings and loan associations and credit unions on a scale which, together with fees collected by the 9 Consumer Finance Division will fully cover the total funds expended under this section. 10 79.2. (FI: National Mortgage Settlement Carry Forward) Funds received by the Consumer Finance 11 Division pursuant to the StateFederal National Mortgage Settlement for enforcement and regulation may be 12 retained, expended, and carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and used for the 13 same purposes.

14 15 SECTION 80 - R280 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 16 17 80.1. (CA: Consumer Protection Code Violations Revenue) Funds, paid to the department in settlement 18 of cases involving violations of the South Carolina Consumer Protection Code and other statutes enforced by 19 the department be retained and expended within the agency’s budget to help offset the costs of investigating, 20 prosecuting, and the administrative costs associated with these violations, may be carried forward and 21 expended for the same purposes in the current fiscal year. 22 80.2. (CA: Student Athlete/Agents Registration) Funds received by the department of Consumer Affairs 23 pursuant to registrations under Chapter 102, Title 59 of the 1976 Code may be retained by the department for 24 its enforcement duties relating to athlete agents and student athletes under that chapter. 25 80.3. (CA: Expert Witness/Assistance Carry Forward) Unexpended encumbered appropriated funds for 26 the Consumer Advocacy expert witness/assistance program (under Section 37-6-603) may be carried forward 27 into the next fiscal year to meet contractual obligations existing at June thirtieth and not paid by July thirty- 28 first. 29 80.4. (CA: Registered Credit Grantor Notification and Maximum Rate Filing Fees Retention) The 30 Department of Consumer Affairs may retain all Consumer Credit Grantor Notification filing fees collected 31 under Section 37-6-203 and all Maximum Rate Schedules filing fees collected under Section 37-2-305 and 32 Section 37-3-305. These fees shall be used to offset the cost of administering and enforcing Chapters 2 and 33 3, Title 37 of the 1976 Code and may be applied to the cost of operations. Unexpended balances may be 34 carried forward for the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and be utilized for the same purposes. 35 80.5. (CA: Retention of Fees) For the current fiscal year, the department may retain all fees collected 36 pursuant to Sections 39-61-80, 39-61-120, 40-39-120, and 44-79-80 of the 1976 Code. The funds retained 37 shall be utilized to implement the requirements of the programs mandated by those sections of the code.

38 39 SECTION 81 - R360 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION 40 41 81.1. (LLR: Fire Marshal - Authorization to Charge Fees for Training) The Fire Academy may charge 42 participants a fee to cover the cost of education, training programs, and operations. The revenue generated 43 may be applied to the cost of operations, and any unexpended balance may be carried forward to the current 44 fiscal year and utilized for the same purposes. 45 81.2. (LLR: Real Estate - Special Account) Revenue in the Real Estate Appraisal Registry account shall 46 not be subject to fiscal year limitations and shall carry forward each fiscal year for the designated purpose. 47 81.3. (LLR: POLA - Ten Percent, Other Funds) The Professional and Occupational Offices in Program 48 II.F. Professional and Occupational Licensing must remit annually an amount equal to ten percent of the 49 expenditures to the general fund. The Contractor’s Licensing Board must remit all revenues above their PAGE 112 1 expenditures to the general fund. The revenue remitted by the Contractor’s Licensing Board to the general 2 fund includes the ten percent. 3 81.4. (LLR: Fire Marshal Fallen Firefighters Memorial) The Department of Labor, Licensing and 4 Regulation - Division of the State Fire Marshal is authorized to accept gifts or grants of services, properties, 5 or monies from individuals or public and private organizations to honor South Carolina firefighters who have 6 died in the line of duty. All excess monies collected to erect a memorial are to be placed in a fund for 7 upkeep and maintenance. Any later contributions are to be used for upkeep and maintenance. 8 81.5. (LLR: Firefighter Mobilization Project) The department is directed to utilize $165,000 of the funds 9 derived under Section 2 of Act 1377 of 1968, as amended by Act 60 of 2001 from the tax of thirty-five one- 10 hundredths percent imposed annually on the gross premium receipts less premiums returned on canceled 11 policy contracts and less dividends and returns of unabsorbed premium deposits of all fire insurance 12 companies doing business in the State to fund the Firefighter Mobilization Project. 13 81.6. (LLR: Match for Federal Funds) State appropriations to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and 14 Regulation that are required to provide match for federal grant programs in the prior fiscal year may be 15 carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the same purpose as originally appropriated. 16 81.7. (LLR: Flexibility) In order to provide maximum flexibility in absorbing the general fund 17 reductions to the OSHA and OSHA Voluntary Programs, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and 18 Regulation shall be authorized to spend agency earmarked and restricted accounts to maintain these critical 19 programs previously funded with general fund appropriations. Any increase in spending authorization for 20 these purposes must receive the prior approval of the Executive Budget Office. 21 81.8. (LLR: Immigration Bill Funding Report) Prior to any funds carried forward from the prior fiscal 22 year in Subfund 3135 being transferred to fund any other purpose, $250,000 must be retained by the 23 Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to fund the department’s responsibilities under the South 24 Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act. The department shall compile an accountability report outlining 25 expenditures of the Immigration Bill funding to be issued to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the 26 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Natural Resources and 27 Economic Development Subcommittee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the 28 House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Transportation and 29 Regulatory Subcommittee. Said report must be issued on the first Tuesday of February in the current fiscal 30 year. 31 81.9. (LLR: Authorized Reimbursement) The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and 32 Regulation cannot authorize reimbursement under Section 40-1-50(A) of the 1976 Code to members of any 33 board listed in Section 40-1-40(B) for meetings held at any location other than the offices of the department 34 unless there has been a determination that the department is unable to provide space for the meeting in a 35 state-owned or leased facility in Richland or Lexington County. 36 81.10. (LLR: Illegal Immigration Hotline Assistance) Upon the request of the Commission on Minority 37 Affairs, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation shall provide assistance to establish and 38 maintain a twenty-four hour toll free telephone number and electronic website to receive, record, collect, and 39 report allegations of violations of federal immigration laws or related provisions of South Carolina law by 40 any non-United States citizen or immigrant, and allegations of violations of any federal immigration laws or 41 related provisions in South Carolina law against any non-United States citizen or immigrant. 42 Such violations shall include, but are not limited to, E-Verify or other federal work authorization program 43 violations, violations of Chapter 83, Title 40 of the 1976 Code relating to immigration assistance services, or 44 any regulations enacted governing the operation of immigration assistance services, false or fraudulent 45 statements made or documents filed in relation to an immigration matter, as defined by Section 408320, 46 violation of human trafficking laws, as defined in Section 163-930, landlord tenant law violations, or 47 violations of any law pertaining to the provision or receipt of public assistance benefits or public services. 48 81.11. (LLR: Board of Pharmacy) The Board of Pharmacy must accept affidavits of practical experience 49 from interns whose practical experience internships occurred in this State. The affidavit must provide that 50 the supervising pharmacist and the site of experience is licensed and in good standing with the board and that 51 the internship falls within the criteria for internships set by the board. The affidavit must be accompanied by 52 a ten dollar fee to cover administrative costs associated with compliance with this proviso. 53 81.12. (LLR: Office of State Fire Marshal - Clothing) The Department of Labor, Licensing, and 54 Regulation is authorized to purchase and issue clothing to the non-administrative staff of the Office of the 55 State Fire Marshal that are field personnel working in a regulatory aspect and/or certified to be a resident 56 state fire marshal. PAGE 113

1 2 SECTION 82 - R400 - DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES 3 4 82.1. (DMV: Federal, Other Flow Through Funds) In order to complete projects begun in a prior fiscal 5 year, the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to expend federal and earmarked funds in the current 6 fiscal year for expenditures incurred in the prior fiscal year. 7 82.2. (DMV: Publish Headquarters Call Center Telephone Number) From the funds appropriated in Part 8 IA, Section 82 to the Department of Motor Vehicles, it is the intent of the General Assembly that the 9 Department of Motor Vehicles in each county should have the Headquarters Call Center telephone number 10 published. 11 82.3. (DMV: Cost Recovery Fee/Sale of Photos or Digitized Images) The Department of Motor 12 Vehicles may collect processing fees and fees to recover the costs of the production, purchase, handling and 13 mailing of documents, publications, records and data sets. The amount charged by the Department of Motor 14 Vehicles for any fees collected pursuant to this proviso may not exceed the rates that the department charged 15 as of February 1, 2001. The Department of Motor Vehicles may not sell, provide or otherwise furnish to 16 private parties, copies of photographs, whether digitized or not, taken for the purpose of a driver’s license or 17 personal identification card. Photographs and digitized images from a driver’s license or personal 18 identification card are not considered public records. Funds derived from these sources shall be retained by 19 the department. 20 82.4. (DMV: DPPA Compliance Audit) The Department of Motor Vehicles may charge fees to defray 21 the costs associated with auditing and enforcing compliance of all Federal or State statutes and regulations 22 pertaining to personal information for customers receiving information disseminated by the department as 23 allowed by law. This provision does not pertain to state agencies. The Comptroller General shall place the 24 funds into a special restricted account to be used by the department. 25 82.5. (DMV: Underutilized Offices) The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to 26 develop and implement a plan to reduce the hours of operation in underutilized DMV field offices; however 27 the legislative delegation of the county in which the affected field office is located must be notified prior to 28 implementation of the plan. In addition, the director shall review field offices which have a high volume of 29 traffic to determine whether it would be beneficial to expand the hours of operation. 30 82.6. (DMV: Facial Recognition Program) The Department of Motor Vehicles is directed to utilize the 31 funds authorized for the agency to continue the Facial Recognition Program. 32 82.7. (DMV: Five Year Eye Exam Suspension) For the current fiscal year, Section 56-1-220(B), relating 33 to the requirement for a vision screening certificate during the fifth year of a ten-year driver’s license, is 34 suspended. 35 82.8. (DMV: Activities Allowed on Special Restricted Driver’s License) In the current fiscal year, 36 employing funds authorized or appropriated to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 82, 37 Part IA of this act, the department must include employment, school, churchrelated or sponsored activities, 38 and parentally approved sports activities in the categories for which it may waive or modify restrictions in 39 the special restricted driver’s license for certain minors. The licensee must provide the department a 40 statement of the purpose of the waiver or modification of restrictions executed by the parents or legal 41 guardian of the licensee and documents executed by church representatives and/or representatives of the 42 sports entity for which the waiver is being requested. 43 82.9. (DMV: DOT Transfer) The Department shall transfer $10,000,000 in the current fiscal year from 44 any available cash balances to the Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund at the Department of Transportation. 45 82.10. (DMV: General Fund Balance Carry Forward) The Department of Motor Vehicles may carry 46 forward any unexpended general fund balance from the prior fiscal year and expend those funds in the 47 current fiscal year. 48 82.11 . (DMV: Phoenix III Migration Pilot) In Fiscal Year 2017-18, the department shall be authorized to 49 expend up to $1,000,000 from any available other earmarked cash balances to conduct a proof-of-concept 50 pilot for Phoenix III development and data migration. Funds may be expended only upon review and 51 approval of the Department of Administration through the IT project governance process established by 52 proviso 117.121.

53 PAGE 114 1 SECTION 83 - R600 - DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE 2 3 83.1. (DEW: Consortium Contracts: Training-Development Sessions and Media Services) All 4 earmarked funds collected for the LMI - Training-Development Sessions; Media Services and Program 5 Contracts through the Department of Employment and Workforce may be retained by the agency to be used 6 for the exclusive purpose of operating these programs. All funds not expended in the prior fiscal year may 7 be carried forward for use in the current fiscal year. 8 83.2. (DEW: Federal and Earmarked Prior Year Payments) The Department of Employment and 9 Workforce shall be allowed to pay federal and earmarked prior year obligations with current year funds. 10 83.3. (DEW: Transparency of Funding Appropriation) In order to promote accountability and 11 transparency, the Department of Employment and Workforce must provide and release to the public via the 12 agency’s website, a report of all aggregate amounts of taxes, fees and payments that were charged, collected 13 and paid by that state agency in the prior fiscal year. For the purpose of efficiency and conservation of 14 resources, this report shall be incorporated into the Trust Fund Report due by October first as required by 15 Section 41-33-45 of the 1976 Code. In addition to the requirements of Section 41-33-45, the Trust Fund 16 Report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) SUTA taxes collected per Tier; (2) unemployment benefit 17 claims paid; (3) how many unemployment claims were made in error; (4) loan repayments made to the 18 federal government; and (5) the amount of funds left in the agency’s account at the end of the fiscal year. 19 The report must be posted online by October first of the current fiscal year. Additionally, the report must be 20 delivered to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and 21 Means Committee by October first. Funds appropriated to and/or authorized for use by the department shall 22 be used to accomplish this directive. 23 83.4. (DEW: Negotiation of Interest) For the current fiscal year and upon final repayment of all Title 24 XII advances from the Federal Unemployment Account received by the state beginning in December of 25 2008, any interest assessment funds received by the Department of Employment and Workforce Interest 26 Assessment Fund pursuant to Section 41-33-810 of the 1976 Code shall be transferred to the Unemployment 27 Compensation Fund. 28 83.5. (DEW: UI Tax System Modernization) The Department of Employment and Workforce is 29 authorized to expend up to $300,000 $1,743,930 of funds made available to the State under Section 903 of 30 the United States Social Security Act, as amended. The funds must be used under the direction of the 31 Department of Employment and Workforce, for the purpose of acquiring software, equipment, and necessary 32 services to replace the agency’s unemployment tax information system with a modern technology solution. 33 No part of the funds herein authorized may be obligated after a two-year period beginning on July 1, 2015 34 2017. The amount obligated pursuant to this provision shall not at any time exceed the amount by which (a) 35 the aggregate of amounts transferred to the accounts of the State pursuant to Section 903 of the Social 36 Security Act exceeds (b) the aggregate of the amounts obligated for administration and paid out for 37 administration and paid out for benefits and required by law to be charged against the amounts transferred to 38 the account of this State. 39 83.6. (DEW: Employment Training Outcomes Data Sharing) The Department of Employment and 40 Workforce, in developing the Workforce and Labor Market Information System (WLMIS) improvements 41 required of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (P.L. 113-128), will require integration 42 of training and employment data for the purposes of improving longitudinal assessment of employment 43 outcomes for the various training providers eligible to receive funding appropriated or authorized by this 44 Act. 45 (A) As the entity with authority for the oversight and maintenance for the WLMIS, the department shall 46 establish a Governance Policy for the management, development, and security, partner collaboration, and 47 sharing responsibilities no later than July 1, 2016 2017. 48 (B) No later than July 22, 2016 1, 2017, the department must develop a model enter into a data-sharing 49 agreement with eligible training providers (ETPs). As specified by the WIOA Act, this agreement will 50 require ETPs to submit personally identifiable information (PII) data related to the types of training 51 programs offered, individual student coursework and outcomes, program completion and time to complete, 52 program costs, and tuition assistance for the purpose of assessing program effectiveness. It will further 53 require reporting of personally identifiable information (PII) to match training and employment data to 54 determine placement in companies and jobs by the North American Industry Classification (NAIC) System 55 and Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) System and other information necessary for the department to PAGE 115 1 accurately and completely assess the effectiveness and return on investment of all training programs offered 2 by the entity. 3 (C) No later than January 1, 2017, the department must develop a model data-sharing agreement with the 4 Department of Education, the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement, and the 5 Education Oversight Committee, the Vocational Rehabilitation Department, and the Commission on Higher 6 Education to capture and match data as enumerated in item (B) of this provision. This agreement will ensure 7 collaborative sharing of matched data with each partner agency for the purpose of program assessment and 8 effectiveness in compliance with state and federal laws. 9 (D) The department and the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation shall, by January 1, 2017, enter 10 into a data-sharing agreement to determine the average debt load carried by individuals who participate in 11 training programs with eligible training providers. This agreement will ensure collaborative sharing of 12 matched data for the purpose of program assessment and effectiveness in compliance with state and federal 13 laws. 14 (E) No later than June 30, 2017, the department must develop a model data-sharing agreement with the 15 Department of Social Services to capture data related to New Hire status and social service data and with the 16 Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to capture licensing and licensing-related data. This 17 agreement will ensure collaborative sharing of matched data for the purpose of program assessment and 18 effectiveness in compliance with state and federal laws.

19 20 SECTION 84 - U120 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 21 22 84.1. (DOT: Expenditure Authority Limitation) The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized 23 to expend all cash balances brought forward from the previous year and all income including all federal 24 funds, unexpended general funds and proceeds from bond sales accruing to the Department of 25 Transportation, but in no case shall the expenditures of the Department of Transportation exceed the amount 26 of cash balances brought forward from the preceding year plus the amount of all income including federal 27 funds, general funds and proceeds from bond sales. 28 84.2. (DOT: Special Fund Authorization) The Department of Transportation with the approval of the 29 State Treasurer, is hereby authorized to set up with the State Treasurer such special funds out of the 30 Department of Transportation funds as may be deemed advisable for proper accounting purposes. 31 84.3. (DOT: Secure Bonds & Insurance) The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to 32 secure bonds and insurance covering such activities of the department as may be deemed proper and 33 advisable, due consideration being given to the security offered and the service of claims. 34 84.4. (DOT: Benefits) Employees of the Department of Transportation shall receive equal compensation 35 increases, health insurance benefits and employee bonuses provided in this act for employees of the State 36 generally. The amount will be funded from Department of Transportation funding sources. 37 84.5. (DOT: Document Fees) The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to establish an 38 appropriate schedule of fees to be charged for copies of records, lists, bidder’s proposals, plans, maps, etc. 39 based upon approximate actual costs and handling costs of producing such copies, lists, bidder’s proposals, 40 plans, maps, etc. 41 84.6. (DOT: Meals in Emergency Operations) The Department of Transportation may provide meals to 42 employees of the department who are not permitted to leave assigned duty stations and are required to work 43 during deployment, emergency simulation exercises, and when the Governor declares a state of emergency. 44 84.7. (DOT: Rest Area Water Rates) For the current fiscal year, rest areas of the Department of 45 Transportation shall be charged indistrict water rates by providers of water and sewer services, unless the 46 rate currently charged by the provider is less than in-district rates. 47 84.8. (DOT: Shop Road Farmers Market Bypass Carry Forward) Unexpended funds appropriated for the 48 Shop Road Farmers Market Bypass may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and expended for the 49 matching requirement for the widening and expansion of Leesburg Road from Fairmont to Wildcat Road 50 (Lower Richland roads-Phase I). 51 84.9. (DOT: Tree Removal) The Department of Transportation is prohibited from using funds 52 authorized by this act for clear cutting, or other similar activities, in the median of Interstate 26 from 53 approximately mile marker 170 to approximately mile marker 199 between Summerville and Interstate 95, 54 except for the following mile marker locations: 170 to 171, 175 to 176, 182 to 183, 187 to 191, and 193 to 55 199. PAGE 116 1 84.10. (DOT: Bridge Replacement in McCormick County) Planning and construction on a new U.S. 378 2 bridge crossing Lake J. Strom Thurmond must provide for and allow McCormick County to affix water lines 3 to the new bridge just as the water lines are affixed to the existing bridge. McCormick County shall bear the 4 cost of affixing the water lines to the new bridge. 5 84.11. (DOT: Project Priority List) From the funds appropriated to the department, the Department of 6 Transportation Commission project priority lists, as required under Act 114 of 2007, shall be published in a 7 conspicuous place on the department’s website in a manner easily accessible to the public. The priority lists 8 shall be accompanied by the associated engineering directives explaining the ranking process and 9 methodology for applying the commission approved criteria. 10 84.12. (DOT: CTC Project Expansion) Of the funds distributed to County Transportation Committees 11 (CTC), no more than twenty percent may be utilized for ancillary initiatives that improve the areas adjacent 12 to roads under their jurisdiction for economic development or safety purposes. Ancillary initiatives may 13 include, but are not limited to, drainage improvements, signage, lighting, sidewalks and other safety or 14 economic-development related projects. If a CTC expends funds pursuant to this provision, the CTC must 15 document the anticipated results on economic development or safety relative to the project. 16 84.13. (DOT: General Fund Balance Carry Forward) The Department of Transportation may carry 17 forward any unexpended general fund balance from the prior fiscal year and expend those funds in the 18 current fiscal year. 19 84.14. (DOT: Reimbursement for Vehicle Damage) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 20 Transportation, the department must develop direct internet access from the department's home page to any 21 document or claim form that may be used by the public to seek reimbursement for vehicle damages caused 22 by poor road conditions. The department must post a link to the documents or claim forms on the 23 department's home page in a prominent, easily viewed location. 24 84.15. (DOT: Local Road Transfer) The Department of Transportation, upon receipt of a proper 25 resolution submitted by a county or municipal governing authority to the Secretary of Transportation 26 indicating its conditions, willingness, and desire to incorporate into the county or municipal road system a 27 road on the state highway system and to assume the maintenance thereof, may at its discretion accept the 28 resolution and remove the road from the state highway system, and it shall thereafter form a part of the 29 county or municipal road system. 30 As a condition of such transfer, the department may provide a thing of value, including but not limited to 31 credits towards future construction projects, payment of funds from the state's share of the County 32 Transportation Committee funds, or satisfaction of debt owed to the department. Such thing of value may be 33 equal to the amount of the present value of the forty-year projected future maintenance cost of the road to be 34 transferred and may be funded by the state's share of the County Transportation Committee funds. Any such 35 condition of transfer shall be agreed to in writing by all parties. 36 84.16. (DOT: Rest Areas Contractual Payments) The Department of Transportation is directed to ensure 37 that firms the department contracts with to perform services at South Carolina Rest Areas pay their 38 employees for performing such services in a timely manner. If the department determines that the 39 contracted firm does not pay these employees in a timely manner, the department shall delay the next 40 contractual payment to the firm by the same number of days that payment to its contracted employees was 41 delayed.

42 43 SECTION 85 - U150 - INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BOARD 44 45 85.1. (IBB: Board Meeting Coverage) Of the funds authorized for the State Transportation 46 Infrastructure Bank Board, the Bank must provide live-streamed coverage of all Board meetings to ensure 47 transparency and access for the public.

48 49 SECTION 87 - U300 - DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS 50 51 87.1. (AERO: Reimbursement for Services Carry Forward) The Division of Aeronautics may retain and 52 expend reimbursements derived from charges to other government agencies for service and supplies for 53 operating purposes and that a reserve not to exceed $300,000 may be carried forward to the current fiscal 54 year for the replacement of time limit aircraft components. PAGE 117 1 87.2. (AERO: Office Space Rental) Revenue received from rental of Division of Aeronautics office 2 space may be retained and expended to cover the cost of building operations. 3 87.3. (AERO: Funding Sequence) All General Aviation Airports will receive funding prior to the four 4 air carrier airports (i.e. Columbia, Charleston, Greenville-Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach Jetport) as these qualify 5 for special funding under the DOT/FAA appropriations based on enplanements in South Carolina. This 6 policy may be waived to provide matching state funds for critical FAA safety or capacity projects at air 7 carrier airports. 8 87.4. (AERO: Hangar/Parking Facilities) The Division of Aeronautics will provide hangar/parking 9 facilities for government owned and/or operated aircraft on a first come basis. Funds shall be retained by the 10 division for the purpose of hangar and parking facility maintenance. The Hangar Fee Schedule shall be 11 determined by the division and shall not exceed local average market rates. 12 Personnel from the agencies owning and/or operating aircraft will be responsible for ground movement of 13 their aircraft. 14 87.5. (AERO: Aviation Grants) The funds appropriated for Aviation Grants, in this bill or any bill 15 supplemental thereto, shall be credited to the State Aviation Fund within the Division of Aeronautics for the 16 following purposes: 17 (1) to allow the maximization of grant funds available through the Federal Aviation Administration for 18 capital improvement projects; 19 (2) for maintenance projects of general aviation airports; and or 20 (3) for aviation education related programs including, but not limited to, educating young people about 21 careers in the aviation industry and/or the promotion of aviation in general. 22 Sponsors of publicly owned airports for public use are eligible to receive grants pursuant to this provision, 23 but the airport must have a current development plan that meets the planning requirements of the National 24 Plan of Integrated Airports Systems. 25 The Aeronautics Commission shall promulgate regulations establishing the grants program that, at a 26 minimum, address: (1) priorities among improvements qualifying for grants; (2) an airport selection process 27 to ensure an equitable distribution of funds among eligible airports; and (3) the criteria for distribution of 28 funds among eligible airports. 29 Enabling airport sponsors to meet basic Federal Aviation Administration safety guidelines for obstruction 30 clearance must be a major factor in the priority guidelines established by the Aeronautics Commission 31 pursuant to this provision. The Commission also shall have discretion consistent with Section 55-5-170 of 32 the 1976 Code to establish a program to grant Aviation Fund dollars for these purposes at the ratio of eighty 33 percent from the fund to twenty percent from the local airport sponsor, or any ratio with a smaller relative 34 contribution from the fund. 35 A report on the expenditure of these funds shall be submitted to the Senate Finance Committee and the 36 House Ways and Means Committee. 37 Unspent funds from the prior fiscal year may be carried forward to the current fiscal year and spent for 38 like purposes.

39 40 SECTION 88 - Y140 - STATE PORTS AUTHORITY 41 42 88.1. (SPA: Charleston Cooper River Bridge Project) The State Ports Authority shall, from other 43 general fund or operating fund surplus available and any funds appropriated to the authority in prior fiscal 44 years and left unexpended as of July 1, 2016 2017, pay to the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank one 45 million dollars before June 30, 2017 2018, to continue the Charleston Cooper River Bridge Project. 46 88.2. (SPA: Georgetown Port Marketing) The State Ports Authority will continue its cargo 47 diversification strategy which enhances the marketing of all terminal capabilities in Charleston and 48 Georgetown highlighting cruise, breakbulk, bulk, and roll on/roll-off. 49 88.3. (SPA: Harbor Deepening Reserve Fund) The State Ports Authority shall maintain the Harbor 50 Deepening Reserve Fund. This fund shall be separate and distinct from the General Fund and interest 51 accrued by the fund must remain in the fund. This fund must be used exclusively by the South Carolina 52 Ports Authority for the activities associated with deepening the state’s harbors. Prior to expending any 53 amount from the fund, the State Ports Authority must present a comprehensive plan for the use of the fund 54 for harbor deepening to the Joint Bond Review Committee for review and comment. These funds shall be 55 carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and must be used for the same purpose. PAGE 118 1 88.4. (SPA: Georgetown Port Maintenance Dredging Fund) The State Ports Authority shall maintain the 2 Georgetown Port Maintenance Dredging Fund and any funds appropriated in this act for this purpose shall be 3 deposited into this account. This fund shall be separate and distinct from the General Fund and the Harbor 4 Deepening Reserve Fund and interest accrued by the fund must remain in the fund. This fund must be used 5 exclusively by the South Carolina Ports Authority for the activities associated with the maintenance dredging 6 of the Port of Georgetown. Prior to expending any amount from the fund, the State Ports Authority must 7 present a comprehensive plan for the use of the fund for maintenance dredging to the Joint Bond Review 8 Committee for review and comment. These funds shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the 9 current fiscal year and must be used for the same purpose. 10 88.5. (SPA: Jasper Ocean Terminal Permitting) Of the funds allocated to the Ports Authority for the 11 Jasper Ocean Terminal Permitting, $1,000,000 is designated for a contract for the permitting process that 12 was previously scheduled to be handled by the Corps of Engineers. This funding may not be expended by 13 the Ports Authority until a contract is executed. Additionally, any funds not committed by this contract must 14 be returned to the General Fund at the end of Fiscal Year 2016-17.

15 16 SECTION 91 - A990 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 17 18 91.1. (LEG: Legislative Employee Designations) The positions included in this section designated (P) 19 shall denote a permanent employee and the salary is an annual rate. The positions designated (T) shall 20 denote a temporary employee and the salary is for a period of six months to be paid at that rate only while 21 the General Assembly is in session. The positions designated as (Interim) shall denote a temporary 22 employee and the salary is for a period of six months to be paid at that rate while the General Assembly is 23 not in session. The positions designated (PTT) shall denote part-time temporary employees on a twelve- 24 months basis. The positions designated (PPT) shall denote permanent part-time employees retained for full- 25 time work for a period of months or the duration of the legislative session. 26 91.2. (LEG: Legislative Employee BPI/Merit) Legislative employees designated (P) or (PPT) shall 27 receive base pay and average merit pay in the same manner as such pay is granted to classified state 28 employees, but for purposes of this paragraph, the term “legislative employees” does not include employees 29 of the House of Representatives. From the funds appropriated for Employee Pay Increases, the Speaker of 30 the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall determine the amount necessary for 31 compensation of the employees of the House and Senate. 32 91.3. (LEG: Interim Expenses Allowance) The Chairman of the Standing House and Senate Committees 33 shall each be allowed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars for expenses during the interim, between 34 sessions of the General Assembly, to be paid from the House or Senate approved accounts, with each body 35 paying the expense allowance of the chairman in its membership. The Speaker of the House is authorized to 36 approve not more than six hundred and fifty dollars for expenses during the interim for Chairmen of the 37 Standing Committees of the House. 38 91.4. (LEG: Subsistence/Travel Regulations) (A) Members of the General Assembly shall receive 39 subsistence for each legislative day that the respective body is in session and in any other instance in which a 40 member is allowed subsistence expense. No member of the General Assembly except those present are 41 eligible for subsistence on that day. Legislative day is defined as those days commencing on the regular 42 annual convening day of the General Assembly and continuing through the day of adjournment sine die, 43 excluding Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 44 (B) Standing Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives are authorized to continue work 45 during the interim; however, House members must receive advanced approval by the Speaker of the House 46 and Senate members must receive advanced approval by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or 47 Standing Committee Chairman to meet. If such advanced approval is not received, the members of the 48 General Assembly shall not be paid the per diem authorized in this provision. When certified by the Speaker 49 of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or Standing Committee Chairman, the members serving 50 on such committees shall receive a subsistence and mileage at the rate provided for by law, and the regular 51 per diem established in this act for members of boards, commissions, and committees while attending 52 scheduled meetings. Members may elect to receive actual expenses incurred for lodging and meals in lieu of 53 the allowable subsistence expense. The funds for allowances specified in this proviso shall be paid to the 54 members of the Senate or House of Representatives from the Approved Accounts of the respective body 55 except as otherwise may be provided. PAGE 119 1 (C) Joint Study Committees created pursuant to Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly are 2 authorized to continue work during the interim to secure such information and complete such investigations 3 as may be assigned to the respective committees; however, House members must receive advanced approval 4 by the Speaker of the House and Senate members must receive advanced approval by the President Pro 5 Tempore of the Senate or Standing Committee Chairman to meet. If such advanced approval is not received, 6 the House and Senate members of the Joint Study Committee shall not be paid the per diem authorized in 7 this provision. When certified by the appropriate authority, the members appointed to such committees shall 8 receive a subsistence and mileage at the rate provided for by law, and the regular per diem established in this 9 act for members of boards, commissions, and committees while attending scheduled meetings. Members 10 may elect to receive actual expenses incurred for lodging and meals in lieu of the allowable subsistence 11 expense. The allowances specified in this proviso shall be paid from funds appropriated to the respective 12 committees for such purposes, or from Approved Accounts of the respective body of the General Assembly 13 if no funds have been appropriated to such a committee for these purposes. 14 (D) Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives when traveling on official State business 15 shall be allowed a subsistence and transportation expenses as provided for by law, and the regular per diem 16 established in this act for members of boards, commissions, and committees upon approval of the appropriate 17 chairman. When traveling on official business of the Senate or the House of Representatives not directly 18 associated with a committee of the General Assembly, members shall be paid the same allowance upon 19 approval of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 20 either instance, the members may elect to receive actual expenses incurred for lodging and meals in lieu of 21 the allowable subsistence expense. The funds for the allowances specified in this proviso shall be paid from 22 the Approved Accounts of the Senate or the House of Representatives or from the appropriate account of the 23 agency, board, commission, task force or committee upon which the member serves. 24 (E) Members of the House of Representatives shall not be reimbursed for per diem, subsistence, or travel 25 in connection with any function held outside of the regular session of the General Assembly unless prior 26 approval has been received from the Speaker of the House. 27 (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsistence and mileage reimbursement for members of 28 the General Assembly shall be the level authorized by the Internal Revenue Service for the Columbia area. 29 Provided, in calculating the subsistence reimbursement for members of the General Assembly the 30 reimbursement rate for the lodging component shall be the average daily rate for hotels in the Columbia 31 Downtown area as defined by the Columbia Metro Convention and Visitor’s Bureau for the preceding fiscal 32 year. 33 91.5. (LEG: Senate Voucher Approval) All payroll vouchers, disbursement vouchers, and 34 interdepartmental transfers of the Senate shall only require the approval of the Clerk of the Senate. 35 91.6. (LEG: Supplies Approval) All supplies for the Senate shall be purchased only upon the authority 36 of the Clerk of the Senate and all supplies for the House of Representatives shall be purchased only upon the 37 authority of the Clerk of the House. 38 91.7. (LEG: House Pages) Up to one hundred forty-four Pages may be appointed pursuant to House 39 policies and procedures and they shall be available for any necessary service to the House of 40 Representatives. 41 91.8. (LEG: Senate Research Personnel Compensation) Senate Research personnel other than Directors 42 of Research and the committee research staff shall be paid from funds appropriated for Senate Research at 43 the direction of the Clerk of the Senate. 44 91.9. (LEG: Contract for Services) The Standing Committees of the Senate may, upon approval of the 45 President Pro Tempore, contract with state agencies and other entities for such projects, programs, and 46 services as may be necessary to the work of the respective committees. Any such projects, programs, or 47 services shall be paid from funds appropriated for contractual services. 48 91.10. (LEG: Jt. Leg. Committee Operational Authorization) Only the Joint Legislative Committees for 49 which funding is provided herein are authorized to continue operating during the current fiscal year under the 50 same laws, resolutions, rules or regulations which provided for their operations during the prior fiscal year. 51 91.11. (LEG: Legislative Carry Forward) In addition to the funds appropriated in this section, the funds 52 appropriated under Part IA, Sections 91A, 91B, 91C, 91D, and 91E for the prior fiscal year which are not 53 expended during that fiscal year may be carried forward to be expended for the same purposes in the current 54 fiscal year. 55 91.12. (LEG: Senate Expenditures/O&M Committee) Notwithstanding any limitation or other provisions of 56 law to the contrary, funds expended by the Senate for salary adjustments, professional fees and dues, and PAGE 120 1 necessary expenses, supplies, and equipment for Senate employees, must be paid from funds appropriated to 2 the Senate Operations and Management Committee and funds available in approved accounts of the Senate, 3 and shall be authorized and allocated in such manner as determined by the Senate Operations and 4 Management Committee. From the funds annually allocated to each Senator and Representative for postage 5 and telephone, $250 may be used to purchase American and State flags. 6 91.13. (LEG: In-District Compensation) All members of the General Assembly shall receive an in-district 7 compensation of $1,000 per month. 8 91.14. (LEG: Additional House Support Personnel) The House Operations and Management Committee 9 shall determine procedures and policies for the administration and operation of the Legislative Aide program 10 and the House Operations and Management Committee shall manage the program. Appropriations to the 11 House of Representatives in Part IA shall fund the program. 12 91.15. (LEG: House Postage) The Speaker of the House is authorized to approve no more than $700 per 13 member per fiscal year for postage. 14 91.16. (LEG: Legislative Dual Employment) Each committee and joint legislative committee provide a 15 list to the members of the General Assembly of all employees who hold dual positions of state employment. 16 91.17. (LEG: Code of Law Reimbursement) The Legislative Council may require reimbursement from 17 public sector recipients except for the General Assembly of its cost of acquiring codes of law, supplements, 18 or replacement volumes distributed to them. 19 91.18. (LEG: Statewide Acts Availability) From the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 91D of this 20 act, for the current fiscal year the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate are to make all 21 statewide Acts available to the public electronically. The provisions of this section are in lieu of the House 22 and Senate Clerks’ duties related to the printing and mailing of acts as set forth in Sections 2-13-190, 2-13- 23 210, and 11-25-640 through 11-25-680 of the 1976 Code. 24 91.19. (LEG: LAC Matching Federal Funds) The Legislative Audit Council is authorized to use funds 25 appropriated in this act as state matching funds for federal funds available for audits and reviews. The 26 council is also authorized to charge state agencies for federal funds, if available, for the costs associated with 27 audits and reviews. Agencies shall remit the federal funds to the Legislative Audit Council as 28 reimbursement for the costs of audits and reviews. 29 91.20. (LEG: Other Funds Oversight Committee) There is created a joint committee of the Senate and of 30 the House of Representatives entitled the Other Funds Oversight Committee. The committee shall consist of 31 eight members as follows: the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, or his designee; one member of 32 the Senate Finance Committee appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; the Chairman 33 of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, or his designee; one member of the House 34 Ways and Means Committee appointed by the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; the 35 Senate Majority Leader, or his designee; the Senate Minority Leader, or his designee; the House Majority 36 Leader, or his designee; and the House Minority Leader, or his designee. 37 The committee shall review and examine the source of other funds in this State and recommend to the 38 General Assembly the appropriate policy for the receipt, appropriation, expenditure, and reporting of other 39 funds. In making its determination, the committee shall solicit and receive testimony from state agencies, 40 departments, boards or commissions regarding the status of the receipt of other funds, the conditions of 41 receipt, the expenditure of other funds, and any relevant statistic or measurement. The committee shall make 42 recommendations to the General Assembly regarding any necessary action. 43 The Executive Budget Office must notify the committee of any request for an increase in interim budget 44 authorization resulting from other funds collections that is made by any state agency, department, board, or 45 commission. The committee shall review each request and recommend appropriate action. 46 Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but are allowed the usual per diem and 47 mileage as provided by law for members of boards, commissions, and committees while on official business. 48 For purposes of the proviso, ‘other funds’ means any revenues received by an agency which are not 49 federal funds and are not general funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the appropriations act. 50 91.21. (LEG: DMV Audit Review) For the current fiscal year, the provisions of Section 56-1-5(F) are 51 suspended. Any savings generated by not conducting the review shall be used to conduct audits required by 52 Section 2-15-60 of the 1976 Code. 53 91.22. (LEG: Electronic Correspondence) For the current fiscal year, the House of Representatives may 54 not expend any funds for the printing or mailing of bills, summaries, committee agendas, etc. to committee 55 members. The House of Representatives shall send all relevant information concerning committee meetings 56 to committee members via electronic means. PAGE 121 1 91.23. (LEG: Technology Panel) Of the funds appropriated in XII.E.2. the Department of Education’s 2 program VIII.D. for Technology the K-12 Technology Initiative partnership shall provide a report to the 3 House Education and Public Works Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate 4 Education Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, describing the state’s efforts to facilitate the cost 5 effective provision of connectivity and internet bandwidth to schools and libraries on a statewide basis, 6 regardless of location, activities to assist schools and libraries in minimizing and detecting internet security 7 threats, the development and utilization of technological and online resources to support student 8 development and achievement, the development and utilization of curriculum and professional training to 9 support the use of instructional technology in schools and libraries, and other educational technology related 10 activities engaged in by the partnership. Further, the report must detail information on the expenditure of the 11 K-12 Technology funds by each district as well as a list of the districts requesting flexibility in the use of 12 those funds. The report shall be submitted no later than June 1, 2017 2018. 13 91.24. (LEG: Legislative Department Applicability) For purposes of this act and any other provision of 14 law that would have any effect on the expenditure of state revenue through the applicability of the particular 15 provision or through compliance with a mandate or requirement of the provision, the terms “state agency” or 16 “agency” do not include any component of the Legislative Department unless the provision of law 17 specifically includes these entities and the inclusion only applies for purposes of the particular provision. 18 91.25. (LEG: Requested Information) The departments, bureaus, officers, commissions, institutions, and 19 other agencies or undertakings of the State, upon request, shall immediately furnish to President Pro 20 Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives in such form as he may require, any 21 information requested in relation to their respective affairs or activities. 22 91.26. (LEG: Lawsuit Party of Interest) When the Lieutenant Governor is named as a party to a lawsuit 23 challenging actions taken by the Senate, the President Pro Tempore shall be automatically substituted as the 24 party representing the Senate as the Lieutenant Governor is not a party in interest. Upon being served with 25 the lawsuit, the Lieutenant Governor shall immediately notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and 26 the Clerk of the Senate. Upon receiving notice from the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore 27 shall notify the court and the plaintiff/petitioner that the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is invoking the 28 provisions of this proviso and substituting himself as the party representing the Senate. The Court shall 29 make necessary changes to the caption of the lawsuit and otherwise. However, the provisions of this proviso 30 are not effective if the actions challenged are solely the actions taken by the Lieutenant Governor. The 31 provisions contained in this proviso do not apply to actions filed before, or otherwise pending, as of the 32 effective date of this act.

33 34 SECTION 92 - D210 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 35 36 92.1. (GOV: Governor’s Office Budget) All other provisions of law notwithstanding, the Executive 37 Control of State section and Mansion and Grounds section shall be treated as a single budget section for the 38 purpose of transfers and budget reconciliation. 39 92.2. (GOV: Mansion and Grounds Budget) The Governor’s Office of Mansion and Grounds shall not 40 exceed ten percent of its quarterly allocation of funds so as to provide for agency operations on a uniform 41 basis throughout the fiscal year. 42 92.3. (GOV: Mansion and Grounds Maintenance and Complex Facilities) Revenue collected from rental 43 of Mansion Complex facilities and grounds must be retained and expended by the Governor’s Office, 44 Mansion and Grounds to support its operations. Unexpended funds shall be carried forward from the prior 45 fiscal year into the current fiscal year and be utilized for the same purposes. 46 92.4. (GOV: Use of Funds Report) In order to ensure transparency and accountability, the Governor’s 47 Office of Executive Control of State shall report quarterly to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways 48 and Means Committee on financial transactions that have taken place between Executive Control of State 49 and Mansion and Grounds. These transactions shall include, but are not limited to, any transfer of funds or 50 payments or reimbursements for services rendered. For each transfer, payment, or reimbursement the report 51 must specify the amount, the reason for, or circumstance that necessitated the transaction, and the source of 52 funds used. In the event federal or other funds were utilized, the source from which the revenue was 53 generated must also be included. The report must be submitted as soon after the end of each quarter as 54 practicable. PAGE 122 1 2 SECTION 93 - D500 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 3 4 93.1. (DOA: Developmental Disabilities Council) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 5 Administration, Office of Executive Policy and Programs, $50,000 must be used as state match for the 6 Developmental Disabilities Council federal grant. These funds shall be excluded from the Department of 7 Administration’s base budget calculation of any across-the-board agency base reductions mandated by the 8 Executive Budget Office or General Assembly. 9 93.2. (DOA: CCRS Evaluations & Placements) The amount appropriated in this section under Special 10 Items Children’s Case Resolution System for Private Placement of Handicapped SchoolAge Children must 11 be used for expenses incurred in the evaluation of children referred to the CCRS to facilitate appropriate 12 placement and to pay up to forty percent when placement is made in-state and up to thirty percent when 13 placement must be made outofstate of the excess cost of private placement over and above one-per-pupil 14 share of state and local funds generated by the Education Finance Act, and the one-per-pupil share of 15 applicable federal funds; provided it has been established that all other possible public placements are 16 exhausted or inappropriate. The balance of funding responsibility necessary to provide the child with 17 services must be determined by the Children’s Case Resolution System (CCRS) and apportioned among the 18 appropriate public agencies on the basis of the reasons for the private placement. When the amount 19 appropriated in this section is exhausted, the funding responsibility must be apportioned according to the 20 procedures of the CCRS. 21 93.3. (DOA: CCRS Significant Fiscal Impact) In accordance with Section 20-7-5240(e) of the 1976 22 Code, “significant fiscal impact” in the current fiscal year shall be defined for each designated agency as the 23 greater of (1) funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the current fiscal year on cases referred to, 24 decided or placed through the Children’s Case Resolution System or (2) that agency’s assigned shares in the 25 current fiscal year of five cases decided by the Children’s Case Resolution System. 26 93.4. (DOA: Victim/Witness Program Formula Distribution) If funds in the South Carolina Victims’ 27 Compensation Fund exceed the amount required to operate the State Office of Victims Assistance and pay 28 claims of crime victims the first $650,000 of such excess must be used for Victim/Witness programs by 29 distribution to Judicial Circuits based on a formula and criteria developed by the policy committee, and 30 otherwise subject to requirements of Section 60.8. 31 93.5. (DOA: Physical Abuse Examinations) Of the funds appropriated in this section for Victims’ 32 Rights, up to $120,000 may be expended for physical abuse examinations. 33 93.6. (DOA: Foster Care-Private Foster Care Reviews) The Department of Administration, Office of 34 Executive Policy and Programs, Division of Foster Care is authorized to restructure its programs, including 35 but not limited to, suspending reviews of children privately placed in private foster care and/or changing the 36 location of reviews of children in public foster care, to maintain continuous operations within existing 37 resources as dictated by recent budget reductions. These decisions must be based upon the availability of 38 existing funds. This provision supersedes any previous statutory or regulatory mandate. 39 93.7. (DOA: Guardian Ad Litem Program) Both the program and the funds appropriated to the 40 Department of Administration, Office of Executive Policy and Programs, Division of Children’s Services, 41 Guardian ad Litem Program must be administered separately from other programs within the Division of 42 Children’s Services and must be expended for the exclusive use of the Guardian ad Litem Program. 43 For the current fiscal year, the Department of Revenue is directed to reduce the rate of interest paid on 44 eligible refunds by two percentage points. The revenue resulting from this reduction must be used 45 exclusively for operations of the Guardian ad Litem program and be deposited in the State Treasury in a 46 separate and distinct fund known as the “South Carolina Guardian ad Litem Trust Fund.” Unexpended 47 revenues in this fund carry forward to succeeding fiscal years, and earnings in this fund must be credited to 48 it. The Guardian ad Litem program may carry forward the other funds authorized herein for its operations 49 from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. 50 93.8. (DOA: Continuum of Care Carry Forward) The Department of Administration, Office of 51 Executive Policy and Programs, Division of Continuum of Care may carry forward funds appropriated herein 52 to continue services. 53 93.9. (DOA: Procuring Services) In order to maximize services for victims of crime, if the fulfilling of 54 requirements pursuant to Section 163-1410 of the 1976 Code, necessitates hiring any outside entities, the 55 State Office of Victims’ Assistance must follow procedures established by the SC Consolidated Procurement 56 Code. Any entity contracting with the agency will submit an annual report by August first to the Governor’s PAGE 123 1 Office and to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee 2 detailing expenditures from the prior fiscal year in accordance with the State Office of Victims’ Assistance. 3 The Governor’s Office of Executive Policy and Programs is directed to transfer $122,032 of the funds 4 carried forward from the prior fiscal year in the Victims’ Compensation Fund, and up to $41,892 from 5 general funds from Program III.C.1 to pay for any contracts or services procured. 6 93.10. (DOA: M.J. “Dolly” Cooper Veterans Cemetery Carry Forward) The Department of 7 Administration, Office of Executive Policy and Programs, Veterans’ Affairs Program may carry forward 8 unexpended funds appropriated and/or authorized for the M.J. “Dolly” Cooper Veterans Cemetery from the 9 prior fiscal year and shall use such funds for the same purpose. In addition, any unexpended funds in the 10 Veterans’ Affairs Program, including Special Line Items, shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year 11 into the current fiscal year and used for operation of the M.J. “Dolly” Cooper Veterans Cemetery. Funds 12 carried forward in excess of the amount needed for the operation of the Cemetery may be used for other 13 expenses of the Veterans’ Affairs Program. Funds carried forward may not be transferred to any other 14 Department of Administration programs. 15 93.11. (DOA: Crime Victims Ombudsman) For the current fiscal year, the State Office of Victims 16 Assistance shall transfer $85,000 $116,000 to the Crime Victims Ombudsman’s Office to be used for 17 administrative and operational support. 18 93.12. (DOA: Veterans’ Affairs Budget Reduction Exemption) Funds appropriated for the Department of 19 Administration, Office of Executive Policy and Program, Veterans’ Affairs Program shall be excluded from 20 the Department of Administration’s base budget in the calculation of any across-the-board agency base 21 reductions mandated by the Executive Budget Office or General Assembly. 22 93.13. (DOA: Carillon Tower) The Department of Administration, Office of Executive Policy and 23 Programs, Veterans’ Affairs Program shall use any carry forward funds authorized for the M.J. “Dolly” 24 Cooper Veterans Cemetery to construct the Carillon Tower to house the sound system used to provide bell 25 tower music for the cemetery. 26 93.14. (DOA: State House Operation & Maintenance Account) Funds appropriated to the Department of 27 Administration - for State House Maintenance & Operations & Renovations must be set aside in a separate 28 account for the operation and maintenance of the State House. The department shall report annually to the 29 State House Committee on the amount expended from this fund. 30 93.15. (DOA: Compensation - Reporting of Supplemental Salaries) No supplement shall be paid to an 31 agency’s employee unless the agency head or designated official of the employing agency, or in the case of 32 supplements paid to college and university presidents, their board of trustees, has approved the conditions 33 and amount of salary supplement. Any compensation, excluding travel reimbursement, from an affiliated 34 public charity, foundation, clinical faculty practice plan, or other public source or any supplement from a 35 private source to the salary appropriated for a state employee and fixed by the State must be reported by the 36 employing agency to the Department of Administration. The report must include the employee’s base salary, 37 amount of the supplement, source of the supplement, and any condition of the supplement. The employing 38 agency must report this information on or before August thirty-first of each year and must include the total 39 amount and source of the salary supplement received by the employee during the preceding fiscal year (July 40 first through June thirtieth). The Department of Administration shall formulate policies and procedures to 41 ensure compliance with the reporting provisions of this proviso. Copies of the reports shall be made 42 available to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 43 Committee, upon request. 44 93.16. (DOA: Compensation Increase - Appropriated Funds Ratio) Appropriated funds may be used for 45 compensation increases for classified and unclassified employees and agency heads only in the same ratio 46 that the employee’s base salary is paid from appropriated sources. 47 93.17. (DOA: Local Provider Health Insurance) The local health care providers of the Department of 48 Disabilities and Special Needs shall be awarded funding increases as prescribed for state agencies to cover 49 the employer’s share for the cost of providing health and dental insurance to their employees. 50 93.18. (DOA: Military Service) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-11-610 of the 1976 Code, a 51 permanent full-time state employee who serves on active duty as a result of an emergency or conflict 52 declared by the President of the United States, and performs such duty, may use up to forty-five days of 53 accumulated annual leave and may use up to ninety days of accumulated sick leave in a calendar year as if it 54 were annual leave. 55 93.19. (DOA: First Responder Interoperability) The Department of Administration is directed to 56 administer and coordinate First Responder Interoperability operations for the statewide Palmetto 800 radio PAGE 124 1 system to better coordinate public safety disaster responses and communications. First Responder 2 Interoperability administration and coordination shall be funded as provided in this act. The costproportional 3 funds shall be utilized for radio user fees of state agencies and public safety first responders (Fire, EMS and 4 Law Enforcement) that participate in the statewide Palmetto 800 radio system (Palmetto 800 participants). 5 The Department of Administration, in consultation with the State Law Enforcement Division, the 6 Department of Public Safety, and the State Emergency Management Division, and a representative of the 7 South Carolina Sheriff’s Association, shall set a baseline number of radios used by each Palmetto 800 8 participant based on the technical aspects of the Palmetto 800 radio system and the jurisdictional 9 requirements of the participant. If a Palmetto 800 participant reduces the baseline number of radios in use, 10 the amount of funds allocated for the participant’s radio user fees shall be reduced in a proportional amount. 11 The funds shall also be utilized to provide private county and city radio systems with grant funds to be used 12 for purchases of equipment that support interoperability with the statewide Palmetto 800 radio system and its 13 users. Grant funds shall be allocated to private county and city radio systems based on the criteria used for 14 Palmetto 800 Participants and in amounts proportional to the amounts allocated to support the per-site radio 15 user fees of Palmetto 800 participants. A matching share is required by a Palmetto 800 participant or by a 16 private county or city radio system in order to qualify for receipt of funds pursuant to this proviso. Each 17 fiscal year the Department of Administration shall establish the level of match required based upon funding 18 provided by this act. These entities shall be required to furnish such documentation as may be required by 19 the department to verify that the matching funds requirement is met. Upon funding state agency and public 20 safety first responder user fees and private county and city equipment purchases, any remaining funds may 21 be used to enhance and expand the statewide Palmetto 800 radio system. All funds shall be held in a 22 separate account established by the department for the purposes set forth herein. Any unexpended portion of 23 these funds may be carried forward and used for the same purpose. In the calculation of any across-the- 24 board budget reduction mandated by the Executive Budget Office or General Assembly, the amount 25 appropriated to the Department of Administration for First Responder Interoperability must be excluded 26 from the department’s base budget. 27 The Department of Administration shall provide a report on the status of the integration of the statewide 28 Palmetto 800 radio system which shall include, but not be limited to, a list of entities who are not integrated 29 into the system as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year and the reason why they are not 30 integrated. The report shall be submitted by October first, of the current fiscal year to the Chairman of the 31 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. 32 93.20. (DOA: Sale of Surplus Real Property) Up to fifty percent of the proceeds, net of selling expenses, 33 from the sale of surplus real properties shall be retained by the Department of Administration and used for 34 the deferred maintenance of state-owned buildings. The remaining fifty percent of the net proceeds shall be 35 returned to the agency that the property is owned by, under the control of, or assigned to and shall be used by 36 that agency for nonrecurring purposes. This provision applies to all state agencies and departments except: 37 institutions of higher learning; the Public Service Authority; the Ports Authority; the MUSC Hospital 38 Authority; the Myrtle Beach Air Force Redevelopment Authority; the Department of Transportation; the 39 Columbia State Farmers Market; the Department of Agriculture’s Columbia Metrology Lab building and 40 property; the Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority; the Department of Commerce’s Division 41 of Public Railways; the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority; the Trident Technical 42 College Enterprise Campus Authority; the Commissioners residence at the Department of Corrections and 43 the Educational Television Commission’s Key Road property. 44 The Educational Television Commission shall be authorized to retain the net proceeds from the sale of its 45 property on Key Road, and such proceeds may be used for the renovation of the ETV Telecommunications 46 Center and other maintenance and operating expenses. If it is determined that sufficient net proceeds are not 47 to be derived from the sale of its property on Key Road to cover the cost of all renovations of the 48 Telecommunications Center, the property on Key Road shall not be sold. Any proposed sale hereunder shall, 49 prior to said sale, be submitted to the Department of Administration for approval as being in compliance with 50 the requirements of this subsection. 51 The Department of Corrections shall be authorized to retain the net proceeds from the sale of the residence 52 provided for the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and use such proceeds for deferred 53 maintenance needs at the Department of Corrections. 54 The Forestry Commission shall be authorized to retain the net proceeds from the sale of surplus land for 55 use in firefighting operations and replacement of firefighting equipment. PAGE 125 1 The Department of Natural Resources shall be authorized to retain the net proceeds from the sale of 2 existing offices originally purchased with a federal grant or with restricted revenue from hunting and fishing 3 license sales for the improvement, consolidation, and/or establishment of regional offices and related 4 facilities. 5 The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation shall be authorized to retain the net proceeds from the sale 6 of 3.205 acres located at 22861 Highway 76 East in Clinton, South Carolina to be used for capital projects 7 and deferred maintenance. 8 The Department of Agriculture, the Educational Television Commission, the Department of Corrections, 9 the Department of Natural Resources, the Forestry Commission, and the Department of Vocational 10 Rehabilitation shall annually submit a report, within sixty days after the close of the fiscal year, to the Senate 11 Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on the status of the sale of the identified 12 property and a detailed accounting on the expenditure of funds resulting from such sale. 13 This provision is comprehensive and supersedes any conflicting provisions concerning disposition of 14 state-owned real property whether in permanent law, temporary law or by provision elsewhere in this act. 15 Any unused portion of these funds may be carried forward into succeeding fiscal years and used for the 16 same purposes. 17 93.21. (DOA: Cyber Security) All state agencies must adopt and implement cyber security policies, 18 guidelines and standards developed by the Department of Administration. The department may conduct 19 audits on state agencies except public institutions of higher learning, technical colleges, political 20 subdivisions, and quasi-governmental bodies as necessary to monitor compliance with established cyber 21 security policies, guidelines and standards. Upon request, public institutions of higher learning, technical 22 colleges, political subdivisions, and quasi-governmental bodies shall submit sufficient evidence that their 23 cyber security policies, guidelines and standards meet or exceed those adopted and implemented by the 24 department. In addition, while agencies retain the primary responsibility and accountability for ensuring 25 responses to breach incidents comply with federal and state laws, the department shall be informed of all 26 agency cyber security breaches, and is authorized to oversee incident responses in a manner determined by 27 the department to be the most prudent. Upon request of the Department of Administration for information or 28 data, all agencies must fully cooperate with and furnish the department with all documents, reports, 29 assessments, and any other data and documentary information needed by the department to perform its 30 mission and to exercise its functions, powers and duties. The Judicial and Legislative Branches are 31 specifically exempt from the requirements set forth herein. 32 93.22. (DOA: Holidays) When a legal holiday specified in Section 53-5-10 of the 1976 Code falls on 33 Sunday, the following Monday and when a holiday specified in that section falls on Saturday, the preceding 34 Friday next preceding is deemed a public holiday for all of the purposes. If either the following Monday or 35 the preceding Friday is also a legal holiday, then the State Human Resources Director will designate the day 36 upon which the legal holiday will be observed by state employees. To insure that no more than the legal 37 holidays specified in Section 53-5-10 are observed in the calendar year, a New Year’s Day that falls on 38 Saturday must be observed on the following Monday. All bills of exchange, checks, and promissory notes 39 which would otherwise be presentable for acceptance or payment on a Monday or Friday observed as a 40 holiday pursuant to this section are deemed presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business 41 day succeeding the holiday. 42 93.23. (DOA: Nuclear Advisory Council) The Office of Regulatory Staff shall reimburse the Department 43 of Administration for travel expenses associated with the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council from the SC 44 Energy Office’s radioactive waste funds. 45 93.24. (DOA: Office of Victim Assistance) For the current fiscal year, The State Office of Victim 46 Assistance may enter into memoranda of agreement with third-party victim service providers to secure 47 emergency medical, transportation, or other crisis stabilization services on a reimbursable basis. Such 48 agreements shall not allow for more than eight percent of the total reimbursement to cover a provider’s 49 administrative, marketing, and advocacy costs. Annually, and no later than October first of each year, the 50 State Office of Victim Assistance shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of Senate Finance Committee, 51 and the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee on the performance of third-party providers and the 52 use of funds authorized pursuant to this provision in the prior fiscal year. 53 93.25. (DOA: Emerging Leaders Program) (A) With the funds appropriated to the Office of Human 54 Resources, the Department of Administration shall establish an Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) that is 55 designed to identify and develop the next generation of South Carolina state government's leaders by 56 attracting and/or retaining imminent or recent graduates of relevant post-baccalaureate programs to careers in PAGE 126 1 public service. In order to cultivate effective and innovative leaders with demonstrated problem-solving 2 capabilities, the program shall be cohort-based and require participants to complete rotations in a variety of 3 functional roles that focus on budgeting, policymaking, operations/service delivery, and other 4 appropriate/elective fields. These rotations shall be augmented by and interspersed with classroom-based 5 modules on organizational behavior, decision-making processes, principles of leadership, and other 6 appropriate topics. The program’s ultimate design shall reflect the department's assessment of best practices 7 in both public-sector and private-sector management and/or leadership development programs. 8 (B) Plans for the program shall be completed in time for the first cohort of participants to be selected by 9 June 30, 2017 2018. 10 93.26. (DOA: Sale of Port Royal) (A) Within thirty days of the transfer of the real and personal property 11 at Port Royal to the Department of Administration pursuant to Section 54-3-700 of the 1976 Code, from the 12 funds appropriated to the department, the department must order a new appraisal for the property, which 13 shall be the appraisal to which Section 54-3-700(C)(3) applies. The appraisal must be conducted in strict 14 accordance with Section 54-3-700(D), and the department, or the appraisal itself, must demonstrate that the 15 appraisal was conducted accordingly. Upon the completion of the appraisal, the department must publish the 16 appraisal, in its entirety, on the website maintained by the department. Also, the department shall make the 17 appraisal available to any interested party. 18 (B) Beginning on the first day of the first month beginning thirty days after the completion of the 19 appraisal, the department shall list the property for sale at public auction. The auction shall close ninety days 20 thereafter. If the department is unable to close the sale of the property to the highest qualifying bidder, the 21 department must sell the property to the second highest qualifying bidder if the bidder is willing to close at 22 the same bid amount. If the department is unable to close the sale of the property to the second highest 23 qualifying bidder, the department shall continue this process until it has exhausted all qualifying bidders. 24 For purposes of this section, a qualifying bid is a bid that meets the requirements of Section 54-3-700(C)(3). 25 (C) Upon the transfer of the real and personal property at Port Royal to the Department of Administration 26 pursuant to Section 54-3-700, the State Ports Authority, and any of its representatives, are divested of any 27 authority, control, jurisdiction, or legal standing in regards to the property. 28 93.27. (DOA: State Victim Assistance Program) A county or municipality may retain carry forward 29 funds that were collected pursuant to Sections 14-1-206 (B) and (D), 14-1-207 (B) and (D), 14-1-208 (B) and 30 (D), and 14-1-211 (B) of the 1976 Code, but no more than $25,000 or ten percent of funds collected in the 31 prior fiscal year, whichever is higher. If a county or municipality does not spend at least ninety percent of 32 the funds collected pursuant to Sections 14-1-206 (B) and (D), 14-1-207 (B) and (D), 14-1-208 (B) and (D), 33 and 14-1-211 (B) on Article 16, Chapter 3, Title 16 first priority and/or second priority programs during the 34 fiscal year that the funds are received then the county or municipality shall remit any unspent funds that are 35 greater than the allowed carried forward funds, regardless of the year collected, to the State Victim 36 Assistance Program (SVAP) with the Department of Public Safety, Office of Highway Safety and Justice 37 Programs within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. All funds must be accounted for in the annual 38 audit for each county or municipality. 39 SOVA shall offer training and technical assistance to each municipality and county annually on acceptable 40 use of both priority one and priority two funds and funds available for competitive bid. 41 SOVA is authorized to transfer to the State Victim Assistance Program housed in the Department of 42 Public Safety any state funds deemed available under SOVA authority to be placed in the competitive bid 43 process. 44 The State Victim Assistance Program shall offer any funds remitted to it to non-profit organizations that 45 provide direct victim services on a competitive bid process. These funds may be used by the non-profit for 46 administrative costs and victim services. 47 93.28. (DOA: QECB Allocation) From the funds appropriated to the department, the director of the 48 Department of Administration shall develop and implement a plan to utilize the state’s remaining Qualified 49 Energy Conservation Bond allocation to fund energy conservation projects on state-owned buildings and 50 other eligible capital expenditures that benefit state agencies. 51 93.29. (DOA: Competitive Grants Review Committee) DELETED

52 SECTION 94 - D250 - OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 53 PAGE 127 1 94.1. (OIG: Coordination with State Auditor) The State Inspector General will prepare an annual report 2 to the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee and the 3 Governor detailing all written referrals of fraud, waste, and abuse from the State Auditor and all 4 corresponding actions taken by the State Inspector General.

5 6 SECTION 95 - E040 - OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 7 8 95.1. (LTG: State Matching Funds Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the 9 prior fiscal year of the required state matching funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 95, Distribution to 10 Subdivisions, shall be carried forward into the current fiscal year to be used as required state match for 11 federal funds awarded to subdivisions on or before September thirtieth of the current fiscal year. 12 95.2. (LTG: State Match Funding Formula) Of the state funds appropriated under “Distribution to 13 Subdivisions”, the first allocation by the Office on Aging shall be for the provision of required State 14 matching funds according to the Office on Aging formula for distributing Older Americans Act funds. The 15 balance of this item shall be distributed to the planning and service areas of the State. In the event state 16 appropriations are reduced, reductions to the planning and service areas shall be based on amounts 17 distributed in accordance with the previous requirements. 18 95.3. (LTG: Registration Fees) The Office on Aging is authorized to receive and expend registration 19 fees for educational, training and certification programs. 20 95.4. (LTG: Council Meeting Requirements) The duties and responsibilities, including the statutory 21 requirement to hold meetings of the Coordinating Council established pursuant to Section 43-21-120 and of 22 the Long Term Care Council established pursuant to Section 4321-130, both under the Office on Aging in 23 the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, are suspended for the current fiscal year. 24 95.5. (LTG: Home and Community-Based Services) State funds appropriated for Home and 25 Community-Based Services shall be used to fund those services that most directly meet the goal of allowing 26 seniors to live safely and independently at home. Allowable services as defined in the Lieutenant 27 Governor’s State Plan include: group dining, home delivered meals, transportation to group dining sites, 28 transportation for essential trips, Home Care Level I and II personal care (formerly Home Care Level I), 29 homemaker (formerly Home Care Level II), Home Chore, Home Modification, Legal Assistance, and 30 Assessments, and. Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) may expend no more than ten percent for 31 administrative services and one-quarter of one percent shall be retained by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office 32 on Aging to provide monitoring and oversight of the program. All state funds appropriated for Home and 33 Community-Based Services are to be allocated to the AAAs based on the methodology of the Intrastate 34 Funding Formula. However, up to five three percent of the annual state appropriation for Home and 35 Community-Based Services may be retained at the state office Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging to be 36 allocated by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging to the affected regions in cases of a recognized an 37 emergency and/or natural disaster recognized by the Governor. If these funds are not utilized in the fiscal 38 year allocated, they are to be treated as carry forward funds and reallocated to the AAAs. The Interstate 39 Funding Formula shall be used as a guideline for the allocation of state funds appropriated for Home and 40 Community-Based Services. The Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging shall develop and implement a 41 structured methodology to allocate the state Home and Community-Based Services funding. The 42 methodology shall include flexibility to reallocate funds amongst the AAAs, and be composed of, at a 43 minimum, the following factors: a minimum base amount, the fiscal year’s federally allocated funds, federal 44 and state carry forwards funds, and an appropriate weighted proportion that will achieve the mission of the 45 Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging to provide as many services as possible to the citizens of South 46 Carolina. The AAAs are to Each AAA shall submit a budget for approval by the Lieutenant Governor’s 47 Office on Aging indicating the services to be provided. Any unexpended Home and Community-Base 48 Services funds in this program shall be carried forward by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging and 49 used for the same purposes. Funds may not be transferred from the Home and Community-Based special 50 line item for any other purpose. 51 95.6. (LTG: Geriatric Loan Forgiveness Program) In lieu of quarterly payments to a recipient of the 52 Geriatric Loan Forgiveness Program, the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging is authorized to make a 53 single lump sum payment to the lending institution of up to $35,000 or the loan balance, whichever is less. PAGE 128 1 Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the prior fiscal year of funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 2 95, Geriatric Physician Loan Program, shall be carried forward and used for the same purpose as originally 3 appropriated. 4 95.7. (LTG: Referring Agency) The Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging shall serve as a “referring 5 agency” to the fourteen Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in South Carolina and to the Governor’s 6 Office of Executive Policy and Programs, Office of Economic Opportunity for services for the elderly 7 population. The Governor’s Office of Executive Policy and Programs shall provide a report to the Chairman 8 of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by September 9 first on all referrals received from the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging in the prior fiscal year and on 10 the status of the referrals. 11 95.8. (LTG: Caregivers Carry Forward) Unexpended funds from appropriations to the Lieutenant 12 Governor’s Office on Aging for caregivers shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and used for 13 the same purpose. 14 95.9. (LTG: Vulnerable Adult Guardian ad Litem Carry Forward) Any unexpended funds from 15 appropriation to the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging for the Vulnerable Adult Guardian ad Litem 16 Program shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and used for the same purpose.

17 18 SECTION 96 - E080 - OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE 19 20 96.1. (SS: UCC Filing Fees) Revenues from the fees raised pursuant to Section 36-9-525(a), not to 21 exceed $180,000, may be retained by the Secretary of State for purposes of UCC administration. 22 96.2. (SS: Charitable Funds Act Disclosure Violations) The Secretary of State shall refer to the Attorney 23 General for investigation under Section 33-56-145 of the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act any person 24 who is alleged to have violated the mandatory disclosure requirements of Section 33-56-90 of the Act, and 25 who has been fined $10,000 or more for those violations. 26 96.3. (SS: Charitable Funds Act Misrepresentation Violations) The Secretary of State shall refer to the 27 Attorney General for investigation under Section 33-56-145 of the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act any 28 person who is alleged to have violated the misrepresentation provisions of Section 33-56-120 of the Act, and 29 who has been fined $10,000 or more for those violations.

30 31 SECTION 97 - E120 - OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 32 33 97.1. (CG: Signature Authorization) The Comptroller General is hereby authorized to designate certain 34 employees to approve, in his stead, disbursement documents authorizing payment, and the State Treasurer is 35 hereby authorized to accept such approved disbursement documents when notified by the Comptroller 36 General. This provision shall in no way relieve the Comptroller General of responsibility. 37 97.2. (CG: GAAP Implementation & Refinement) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State 38 of South Carolina issue financial statements in conformance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 39 (GAAP). To this end, the Comptroller General is directed, as the State Accounting Officer, to maintain an 40 Enterprise Information System for State Government (SCEIS) that will result in proper authorization and 41 control of agency expenditures, including payroll transactions, and in the preparation and issuance of the 42 official financial reports for the State of South Carolina. Under the oversight of the General Assembly, the 43 Comptroller General is given full power and authority to issue accounting policy directives to state agencies 44 in order to comply with GAAP. The Comptroller General is also given full authority to conduct surveys, 45 acquire consulting services, and implement new procedures required to implement fully changes required by 46 GAAP. 47 97.3. (CG: Payroll Deduction Processing Fee) There shall be a fee for processing payroll deductions, 48 not to exceed twenty-five cents, for insurance plans, credit unions, deferred compensation plans, benefit 49 providers, and professional associations per deduction per pay day. This fee shall not be applied to 50 charitable deductions. Vendors and other third parties receiving payroll deductions shall bear the entire cost 51 of this fee, at no cost to state employees. The revenues generated from these fees and those provided for 52 child support deductions in accordance with Section 63-17-1460(C), South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as 53 amended, may be used to support the operations of the Office of Comptroller General and any unexpended PAGE 129 1 balance may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year and utilized for the same 2 purposes. 3 97.4. (CG: Unemployment Compensation Fund Administration) The lesser of two percent or $200,000 4 of the fund balance of the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall be paid out annually to the Office of 5 Comptroller General to be used by that agency to recover the costs of administering the fund. The 6 Unemployment Compensation Fund is provided for in Section 41-31-820, South Carolina Code of Laws, 7 1976, as amended. Any unexpended balance may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year to the current 8 fiscal year and used for the same purposes. 9 97.5. (CG: Purchasing Card Rebate Program) The Office of Comptroller General is authorized to retain 10 the first $100,000 of rebate associated with the Purchasing Card Program and $200,000 of agency incentive 11 rebates. 12 The funds retained may be used to support the operations of the Office of Comptroller General and any 13 unexpended balance may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year and be 14 utilized for the same purposes.

15 16 SECTION 98 - E160 - OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER 17 18 98.1. (TREAS: Nat’l. Forest Fund - Local Govt. Compliance) In order to conform to federal 19 requirements local governments receiving distributions of National Forest Fund revenues are required to 20 report annually to the State Treasurer indicating compliance with authorized purposes. 21 98.2. (TREAS: STARS Approval) Decisions relating to the Statewide Accounting and Reporting 22 System (STARS) and the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS) which involve the State 23 Treasurer’s Banking Operations and other functions of the State Treasurer’s Office shall require the approval 24 of the State Treasurer. 25 98.3. (TREAS: Investments) The State Treasurer may pool funds from accounts for investment purposes 26 and may invest all monies in the same types of investments as set forth in Section 11-9-660. 27 98.4. (TREAS: Management Fees) The State Treasurer is authorized to charge a fee for the operating 28 and management costs associated with the Local Government Investment Pool, the Deferred Compensation 29 Program, the Tuition Prepayment Program, and the College Investment Program and is further authorized to 30 retain and expend the fees to provide these services. The fees assessed may not exceed the cost of the 31 provision of such services. 32 98.5. (TREAS: Investment Management Fees) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the State Treasurer 33 may charge a fee for the operating and management costs associated with the investment management and 34 support operations of various state funds and programs, and further, may retain and expend the fees to 35 provide these services. The fees assessed may not exceed the actual cost of the provision of these services or 36 the earnings on these investments. 37 98.6. (TREAS: Debt Management Cost Allocation) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the State 38 Treasurer may charge actual costs associated with the administration and management of the indebtedness of 39 the State, its agencies and institutions, and further, may retain and expend any amounts so allocated to 40 provide these services. Costs associated with the original issuance of bonds and other indebtedness must be 41 assessed on an hourly basis, must be taken from the costs of issuance of any bond issue or other 42 indebtedness, and must not exceed the actual cost of providing these services. Ongoing costs of 43 administration and maintenance must be assessed against expenses of debt service, and must not exceed the 44 actual costs of providing these services. 45 98.7. (TREAS: Withheld Accommodations Tax Revenues) Before noncompliant expenditures and 46 penalties withheld pursuant to Sections 6-4-35(B)(1)(a) and (b) are reallocated, the Tourism Expenditure 47 Review Committee must certify to the Office of State Treasurer that the time period for an appeal of the 48 committee’s action to the Administrative Law Court has expired or that the action of the committee has been 49 upheld or overturned by the Administrative Law Court. Noncompliant expenditures and penalties withheld 50 must be reallocated annually after August first. Allocations withheld must be reallocated proportionately 51 based on the most recent completed fiscal year’s total statewide collections of the accommodations tax 52 revenue according to the Office of State Treasurer records. Each annual reallocation of withheld funds to 53 non-offending counties and municipalities must be calculated separately then combined if necessary. Each 54 reallocation to a county or municipality calculated less than a dollar must be transferred to the General Fund 55 of the State. PAGE 130 1 98.8. (TREAS: Tuition Prepayment Program) The South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program shall 2 not accept any new enrollment in the current fiscal year. The annual increase in tuition for the purposes of 3 the Tuition Prepayment Program, for an institution cannot exceed seven percent per year from the 2006-07 4 level. To the extent that actual tuition for an institution exceeds an annual growth of seven percent per year 5 since Fiscal Year 2006-07, colleges and universities must grant a waiver of the difference to the designated 6 beneficiary and shall not pass along this difference to any student. 7 98.9. (TREAS: Penalties for Non-reporting) If a municipality fails to submit the audited financial 8 statements required under Section 141208 of the 1976 Code to the State Treasurer within thirteen months of 9 the end of their fiscal year, the State Treasurer must withhold all state payments to that municipality until the 10 required audited financial statement is received. 11 If the State Treasurer receives an audit report from either a county or municipality that contains a 12 significant finding related to court fine reports or remittances to the Office of State Treasurer, the 13 requirements of Proviso 117.51 shall be followed if an amount due is specified, otherwise the State Treasurer 14 shall withhold twenty-five percent of all state payments to the county or municipality until the estimated 15 deficiency has been satisfied. 16 If a county or municipality is more than ninety days delinquent in remitting a monthly court fines report, 17 the State Treasurer shall withhold twenty-five percent of state funding for that county or municipality until 18 all monthly reports are current. 19 After ninety days, any funds held by the Office of State Treasurer will be made available to the State 20 Auditor to conduct an audit of the entity for the purpose of determining an amount due to the Office of State 21 Treasurer, if any. 22 98.10. (TREAS: Signature Authorization) The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to designate certain 23 employees to sign payments for the current fiscal year in accordance with Section 11-5-140 of the 1976 Code 24 to meet the ordinary expenses of the State. This provision shall in no way relieve the State Treasurer of 25 responsibility. 26 98.11. (TREAS: Unclaimed Property) The State Treasurer may not expend funds to retain a third party, 27 private sector auditor, or auditing firms to fulfill his duties pursuant to the South Carolina Uniform 28 Unclaimed Property Act on a contingency basis or any basis other than an hourly basis, with the exception 29 that the State Treasurer may join other state(s) in multi-state contingent fee auditors’ examinations, not to 30 include companies whose parent company is headquartered or incorporated in South Carolina, when there is 31 a reason to believe that those companies being audited are holding funds belonging to South Carolina 32 citizens. The Office of State Treasurer shall retain $200,000 from the Unclaimed Property Program for the 33 sole purpose of employing internal compliance auditors to enforce the Unclaimed Property Act. 34 98.12. (TREAS: Municipality Accommodations Tax Withholdings) If the State Treasurer is withholding 35 accommodations tax revenue distributions to a municipality due to an expenditure the Tourism Expenditure 36 Review Committee determined to be in noncompliance, then the municipality may refund an amount 37 equivalent to the amount determined to be in noncompliance to the municipality’s accommodations tax fund 38 from the municipality’s general fund. If the municipality certifies to the Tourism Expenditure Review 39 Committee that the amount has been refunded, the State Treasurer shall refund the withheld funds to the 40 municipality’s general fund. The expenditure of funds refunded to the municipality’s accommodations tax 41 fund and any subsequent expenditures are subject to review by the Tourism Expenditure Review Committee. 42 Prior to notification to the State Treasurer of noncompliance by a municipality, the Tourism Expenditure 43 Review Committee must notify the municipality if an expenditure is found to be in noncompliance. If the 44 committee informs the municipality of an expenditure determined to be in noncompliance and the 45 municipality does not refund the noncompliant amount, the committee shall certify the noncompliance to the 46 State Treasurer. If the committee determines an expenditure of any refunded amount to be in 47 noncompliance, the municipality may not refund an equivalent amount in order to avoid future withholdings.

48 49 SECTION 99 - E190 - RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENT COMMISSION 50 51 99.1. (RSIC: Retirement Investment Commission Audit) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the 52 provisions of Section 9-16-380 requiring the Inspector General to employ a private audit firm to perform the 53 fiduciary audit on the Retirement System Investment Commission as required by Section 9-16-380 of the 54 1976 Code shall be suspended. Any savings generated by not conducting the audit shall be used to conduct 55 audits required by Section 9-4-40 of the 1976 Code. PAGE 131 1 99.2. (RSIC: Semi-Annual Meetings) The Retirement System Investment Commission shall be required 2 to appear before House Ways and Means Committee’s, Legislative, Executive and Local Government 3 Subcommittee on a semi-annual basis at the request of the subcommittee. The purpose of the meeting shall 4 include, but not be limited to, the review of quarterly investment reports and agency operations. 5 99.3. (RSIC: Administrator Retention) The Retirement System Investment Commission shall retain 6 twenty-five percent of the annual amount invoiced for its third-party administrator system for the purpose of 7 ensuring the performance of the third-party administrator. The funds must be held in a retainage account and 8 may only be distributed after verification of satisfactory performance by the Investment Commission and 9 Procurement Services pursuant to the service agreement with the third-party administrator. All undistributed 10 funds in the retainage account may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and used for the same 11 purpose. 12 99.4. (RSIC: Commissioner Salaries) For Fiscal Year 2017-18, any Retirement System Investment 13 Commissioner who has served as a commissioner for longer than two years shall receive an annual salary of 14 one dollar.

15 16 SECTION 100 - E240 - OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL 17 18 100.1. (ADJ: Unit Maintenance Funds) The funds appropriated as unit maintenance funds shall be 19 distributed to the various National Guard units at the direction of the Adjutant General. 20 100.2. (ADJ: Revenue Collections) All revenues collected by National Guard units from county and city 21 appropriations, vending machines, rental of armories, court martial fines, federal reimbursements to armories 22 for utility expenses, and other collections may be retained and expended in its budgeted operations. 23 100.3. (ADJ: Rental Fee for Election Purposes) The maximum fee that an armory may charge for the use 24 of its premises for election purposes shall be the cost of providing custodial services, utilities and 25 maintenance. 26 100.4. (ADJ: Parking Lot Revenues) Notwithstanding other provisions of this act, as a security measure 27 for the State Military Department’s headquarters building and grounds, the Adjutant General may control 28 and contractually lease the headquarters building parking facilities, during events at the University of South 29 Carolina’s WilliamsBrice Stadium, to a state chartered and federally recognized 501(c)(4) tax exempt agency 30 employees’ association who may then sublease individual parking spaces. Such a contract must require the 31 employees association to obtain liability insurance against wrongful death or injury. The contract must 32 clearly hold the Adjutant General’s Office, its officers, and the State of South Carolina harmless from any 33 liability resulting from the use of the parking lot when rented by the employees association. In addition, the 34 contract must specify that the State of South Carolina’s Military Department shall receive no less than 35 thirtythree percent of the gross profits from the sub-leasing of the parking spaces. The contract must allow 36 the State to audit the employees association’s funds. Funds at the Adjutant General’s Office derived wholly 37 from the rental of Adjutant General’s headquarters’ parking lot may be retained at the Adjutant General’s 38 Office, but may not be used for employee perquisites. 39 100.5. (ADJ: Armory Rental Program) The Adjutant General is authorized to develop and implement an 40 armory rental program to recoup costs associated with the use of armories by state agencies or other non- 41 Guard organizations. The rental program must be uniform in its application to the maximum extent possible. 42 Funds generated by this program may be retained and expended for armory maintenance and operations. 43 100.6. (ADJ: Meals in Emergency Operations Centers) The cost of meals, or the advanced purchase of 44 food products to be stored and prepared for meals, may be provided to state employees who are required to 45 work at the State Emergency Operations Centers during actual emergencies and emergency simulation 46 exercises when they are not permitted to leave their stations. 47 100.7. (ADJ: Educational Seminar Revenue) All revenue earned from educational seminars shall be 48 retained by the agency to be used for the printing of materials and other expenses related to conducting the 49 seminars. The balance of funds shall be reported annually to the General Assembly. 50 100.8. (ADJ: Retention of Lease Property Revenue) The Adjutant General is authorized to lease all real 51 property under the control of SCMD. All revenue generated by the lease program may be retained for 52 SCMD armory operations and maintenance as authorized by the Adjutant General or Deputy Adjutant 53 General. 54 100.9. (ADJ: Billeting and Dining Facility Operations) All revenues collected by the Billeting and Dining 55 Facility operations at the R.L. McCrady Training Center shall be retained and expended in their budgeted PAGE 132 1 operations or be expended in support of SCMD operations, including use for matching federal funds, and 2 armory maintenance and operations. Expenditures from these funds shall be determined by the Billeting 3 Committee for Billeting operations and the Deputy Adjutant General for state operations for the Dining 4 Facility operation. 5 100.10. (ADJ: EMD Compensatory Payment) In the event a State of Emergency is declared by the 6 Governor, exempt employees of the Emergency Management Division may be paid for actual hours worked 7 in lieu of accruing compensatory time, at the discretion of the Agency Director, and providing funds are 8 available. 9 100.11. (ADJ: Civil Air Patrol) The funds appropriated in this section for the Civil Air Patrol shall be 10 expended by the Civil Air Patrol so as to discharge the state’s obligations in conjunction with the Civil Air 11 Patrol as outlined in the SARDA Plan, the South Carolina Operational Radiological Emergency Response 12 Plan, and to assist county and local authorities and other state agencies as permitted by the regulations 13 governing the Civil Air Patrol. All expenditures for equipment and services shall be in accordance with state 14 fiscal policies. 15 100.12. (ADJ: Parking Lot Revenues-Columbia Armory, Buildings and Grounds) The Adjutant General 16 may control and contractually lease the Columbia Armory, and its buildings and grounds parking facilities 17 during events at the University of South Carolina’s WilliamsBrice Stadium. Funds derived wholly from the 18 rental of the Columbia Armory, and its buildings and grounds parking facilities may be retained by the 19 Adjutant General’s Office and used for the Funeral Caisson and for SCMD operations, including matching 20 federal funds and armory maintenance and operations. These funds may not be used for any other purpose. 21 100.13. (ADJ: Emergency Commodities) The Emergency Management Division shall be allowed to 22 rotate and replace water, Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), and other essential emergency commodities housed in 23 the state’s Logistic Center through the provision of said commodities to neighboring states, counties, 24 municipalities and other state agencies, and shall be allowed to accept compensation for said commodities 25 not to exceed replacement costs. Revenues from this exchange shall be utilized solely for the replacement of 26 state emergency commodities. 27 100.14. (ADJ: Funeral Caisson) In the event of a mandated general fund budget reduction, the Adjutant 28 General’s Office is prohibited from reducing the funds appropriated for the Funeral Caisson. In addition, 29 these funds shall not be transferred to any other program or be used for any other purpose by the Office of 30 Adjutant General. 31 100.15. (ADJ: Behavioral Health Care Facilitator/Coordinator) The funds appropriated and or 32 authorized to the Office of the Adjutant General may be utilized to hire a Behavioral Health Care 33 Facilitator/Coordinator who shall act as a liaison to provide mental health care coordination for mental health 34 services to all members of the South Carolina National Guard. The responsibilities of the position shall 35 include, but are not limited to, focusing on individuals without health insurance or without adequate health 36 insurance; facilitating Memorandum of Understanding with mental health facilities across the state to 37 provide assistance to National Guard Service Members; assisting in coordinating Yellow Ribbon and Beyond 38 and other post deployment and mental health events; coordinating treatment for Service Members for 39 conditions that may or may not result in their being medically non deployable; and participating in staff 40 meetings to discuss care of Service Members. The individual hired must be knowledgeable of state and 41 federal privacy laws, including the HIPAA privacy regulations. In addition, it is preferred that the individual 42 have a previous background in Social Work. A national security background check must be performed on 43 the individual prior to a job offer being tendered. 44 100.16. (ADJ: National Guard State Active Duty) In the event of the activation of the South Carolina 45 National Guard to State Active Duty by the Governor in a Declaration of State Emergency (including 46 Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)), the State Treasurer and the Comptroller General are 47 hereby authorized and directed to pay from the general fund of the State such funds as necessary, not to 48 exceed $500,000, to cover the actual costs incurred for personnel, travel, and per diem costs, and the 49 Operational Tempo costs for equipment from the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office. EMAC and any Federal 50 monies from a Declared Federal Emergency reimbursed to the state shall be deposited in the state general 51 fund, up to the amount of funds advanced to the South Carolina National Guard for the Declared State of 52 Emergency. 53 100.17. (ADJ: National Guard Association and Foundation Support) From the funds authorized or 54 appropriated for State Military Department operations, the Adjutant General may authorize National Guard 55 personnel to support and assist the National Guard Association of South Carolina and the South Carolina PAGE 133 1 National Guard Foundation in their missions to promote the health, safety, education, and welfare of South 2 Carolina National Guard personnel and their families. 3 100.18. (ADJ: State Guard Activation) In the event of activation of the State Guard of the South 4 Carolina National Guard to State Active Duty, the Office of the Adjutant General is authorized to 5 compensate State Guard personnel at a rate of $150 per day and to also compensate such personnel for meal 6 per diem as authorized by National Guard and State policy. 7 100.19. (ADJ: 2015 Flood Disasters Expenditure Status Report) The Emergency Management Division 8 of the Office of the Adjutant General shall prepare a quarterly report on the status of the expenditure of the 9 funds appropriated by proviso 118.16 of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Appropriation Act in the current fiscal 10 year or in a previous fiscal year for FEMA State and Local Match for the 2015 Flooding, for Hurricane 11 Matthew, and for the Pinnacle Mountain Fire. The quarterly report must include, but is not limited to, 12 expenditure by category of work by state/local and by county and shall be submitted to the Chairman of the 13 Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee beginning 14 September 30, 2016 2017.

15 16 SECTION 101 - E280 - ELECTION COMMISSION 17 18 101.1. (ELECT: County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections Compensation) The amounts 19 appropriated in this section for “County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections Commissioners Board 20 Members,” shall be disbursed annually to the County Treasurer at the rate of $1,500 for each member, not to 21 exceed $12,500 per county. The County Treasurer shall use these funds only for the compensation of 22 County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections Commissioners Board Members. Any funds not used for 23 this purpose shall be returned to the State Treasurer. These funds are exempted from mandated budget 24 reductions. In addition, in the calculation of any across the board agency base reductions mandated by the 25 Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly, the amount of funds appropriated for compensation of 26 County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections Commissioners Board Members shall be excluded from 27 the agency’s base budget. 28 101.2. (ELECT: Elections Managers & Clerks Per Diem) Managers and clerks of state and county 29 elections shall receive a per diem of $60.00; but managers shall not be paid for more than two days for any 30 election and clerks for not more than three days for any election. The commission may adjust the per diem 31 of $60.00 for the managers and clerks of the statewide election to a higher level only to the extent that the 32 appropriation for the statewide election is sufficient to bear the added cost of increasing the per diem and the 33 cost of the statewide election. Up to three additional managers per county may be appointed to assist county 34 boards of voter registration and elections with the absentee/fail safe voting process prior to, on Election Day, 35 and immediately following statewide elections. Managers assisting the county boards of voter registration 36 and elections in the absentee/fail safe process may receive a per diem of $60.00 per day for not more than a 37 total of fifteen days regardless of whether one, two, or three additional managers are used. 38 101.3. (ELECT: Board of State Canvassers Compensation) $100.00 additional compensation per day may 39 be paid to each member of the Board of State Canvassers up to a total of fifteen days that may be required 40 for hearings held by the members of the Board of State Canvassers. 41 101.4. (ELECT: Sale of Lists Revenue Carry Forward) Any revenue generated from the sale of election 42 lists may be retained and expended by the South Carolina Election Commission to reimburse the Department 43 of Administration, for the printing of such lists and to pay expenses of postage and shipment of these lists to 44 electors who purchase them. After such reimbursement has been made an amount, not to exceed $400,000, 45 shall be used for nonrecurring expenses in conjunction with extraordinary special election and legal costs and 46 costs for upgrading the Statewide Voter Registration System. Any balance in the Sale of Lists Account on 47 June thirtieth, of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for the same purposes during the 48 current fiscal year. 49 101.5. (ELECT: Budget Reduction Exemption) Funds appropriated for recurring and nonrecurring 50 general and primary election expenses are exempted from mandated across the board reductions. In addition, 51 in the calculation of any across the board agency base reductions mandated by the Executive Budget Office 52 or the General Assembly, the amount of funds appropriated for recurring and nonrecurring primary and 53 general election expenses shall be excluded from the agency’s base budget. 54 101.6. (ELECT: Primary and General Election Carry Forward) Filing fees received from candidates filing 55 to run in statewide or special primary elections may be retained and expended by the State Election PAGE 134 1 Commission to pay for the conduct of primary elections. Any balance in the filing fee accounts on June 2 thirtieth, of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for the same purposes during the 3 current fiscal year. In addition, any balance in the Primary and General Election Accounts on June thirtieth, 4 of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for the same purposes during the current fiscal 5 year. In addition, the aforementioned funds may also be utilized to conduct the Presidential Preference 6 Primary elections. 7 101.7. (ELECT: Training & Certification Program) All members and staff of County Boards of Voter 8 Registration and Elections will receive a common curriculum to include core courses on the duties and 9 responsibilities of county boards of voter registration and elections and electives to promote quality service 10 and professional development. The State Election Commission shall make these courses available in various 11 locations, including but not be limited to, the upstate, coastal, and midlands areas of the state. Up to $35,000 12 of revenue generated by charging a fee to attend these courses may be retained and expended by the South 13 Carolina Election Commission to help cover the cost of providing the training. Any balance in the training 14 and certification account on June thirtieth, of the prior fiscal year may be carried forward and expended for 15 the same purpose during the current fiscal year. 16 The State Election Commission is required to withhold the stipend of members who do not complete the 17 training and certification program as required in Section 7-5-10 of the 1976 Code. Additionally, funds will 18 also be withheld if a board member completes the training and certification program, but fails to complete at 19 least one training course per year. The board member and members of that county’s legislative delegation 20 will be notified of the withholding of the stipend and the requirements needed to bring the member into 21 compliance with the law. If a board member cannot complete the program or complete the required 22 continuing education due to extenuating circumstances, the board member must submit a written request to 23 the county legislative delegation for approval or funds will continue to be withheld as described in this 24 proviso. If a board member does not become compliant with the law within eighteen months of initial 25 notification of stipend withholding, the county’s legislative delegation must replace that person on the board. 26 101.8. (ELECT: Penalty for Late Submission of Reimbursable Expenses) In the event that a county 27 submits reimbursable election expenses to the Commission for payment more than thirty days after the 28 election is held, the Commission may deduct a penalty of ten percent of the late-submitted amount. The 29 county is responsible for payment of this amount. If the Commission finds good reason for such late 30 submission, the penalty may be waived. The Election Commission shall be authorized to expend funds 31 appropriated/authorized in the current fiscal year to pay election expenses incurred by a county in the prior 32 fiscal year. If a county submits a request for reimbursement of election expenses through any means other 33 than the Voter Registration and Election Management System (VREMS), the Commission may deduct a 34 penalty of ten percent of the amount submitted. 35 101.9. (ELECT: Help America Vote Act) Of funds appropriated to the commission for primary and 36 general elections, the commission shall utilize any excess funds to match the Help America Vote Act 37 program to the greatest extent possible, and also ensure compliance with the Uniformed and Overseas 38 Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986. 39 101.10. (ELECT: HAVA Carry Forward) The Election Commission shall be authorized to carry forward 40 unexpended Help America Vote Act funds into the current fiscal year and to use these funds for the same 41 purpose. 42 101.11. (ELECT: HAVA Match Funds) Funds appropriated through the General Fund for the purpose of 43 providing a match for federal funds received through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) shall be moved to 44 a restricted account in order that the funds may accrue interest as per Section 254 (b) (1) of the Help America 45 Vote Act. 46 101.12. (ELECT: Use of Election Funds) Funds appropriated to the Election Commission for the 47 purpose of conducting elections shall not be used for any other purpose unless specifically authorized in this 48 act. However, up to $200,000 may be transferred to other operating accounts from General Election 49 accounts upon approval from the Executive Budget Office, which shall then notify the Chairman of the 50 Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Governor of 51 such transfer of funds.

52 53 SECTION 102 - E500 - REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE 54 PAGE 135 1 102.1. (RFAO: Geodetic Mapping Program) Funds appropriated or authorized to the Revenue and Fiscal 2 Affairs Office for Mapping, shall be used to clarify county boundary determinations as directed by Section 3 27-2-105, of the 1976 Code and resolution of the boundary between the states of South Carolina and North 4 Carolina. 5 An affected party disagreeing with a county boundary certified by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office 6 may appeal the certification to the South Carolina Administrative Law Court, which is vested with 7 jurisdiction to hear and decide the case subject to the provisions of Section 1-23-380 of the 1976 Code, 8 except that the case must be heard ‘de novo.’ Additionally, for purposes of determining the timelines of an 9 appeal, notice is deemed to have been provided on the date of the written notice to affected parties. An 10 affected party has sixty calendar days from the date of a written notice sent to the affected party to file an 11 appeal with the Administrative Law Court. 12 102.2. (RFAO: Election File Merge) In order to assist the County Registration and Election Commissions 13 to ensure that registered voters are assigned to proper election districts, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs 14 Office, in conjunction with the South Carolina Election Commission, shall merge the voter registration file 15 with the office’s Geocoded Address List and the district boundaries of the Congress, South Carolina Senate, 16 South Carolina House of Representatives, county councils, and such other districts as the office possesses 17 official district boundary records in electronic format. The merged systems will allow the Revenue and 18 Fiscal Affairs Office to provide the respective county officials with a list of potential voters who are possibly 19 assigned to the wrong election district. File merger is required only for those districts in which elections are 20 scheduled. Counties and municipalities shall release GIS to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office upon the 21 office’s written request. Written request must be sent to the chief administrative officer of the county or 22 municipality and advise the county or municipality that failure to comply within thirty days of request may 23 result in the withholding of ten percent of the county’s or municipality’s state aid. The Executive Director of 24 the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may grant additional time for good cause and must waive release if the 25 county or municipality does not possess GIS data. For counties and municipalities that possess GIS data but 26 do not release it, the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall notify the State 27 Treasurer of the failure to comply with this provision after the required notice. Notification shall result in the 28 withholding of ten percent of subsequent payments of state aid to the entity until the GIS data is provided. 29 Municipal and county data acquired by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in the course of performing its 30 responsibilities may be used for other functions of the office as well as shared with other state agencies. For 31 this provision GIS data includes, but is not limited to, road centerlines; orthophotography; parcel boundaries; 32 address points; political boundaries; and administrative boundaries. 33 102.3. (RFAO: SC Boundary Commission) There is hereby created the South Carolina Boundary 34 Commission to be composed of seven members as follows: one member appointed by the President Pro 35 Tempore of the Senate; one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; one member 36 appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; one member appointed by the Chairman of the 37 House Ways and Means Committee; the Executive Director, or his designee, of the Revenue and Fiscal 38 Affairs Office; the Director of the Department of Natural Resources, or his designee; and the technical 39 advisor of the Geodetic and Mapping Survey Program appointed by the Executive Director of the Revenue 40 and Fiscal Affairs Office who shall serve as the coordinator and chairman of the commission. The purpose 41 of the commission is to work with the North Carolina Boundary Commission to oversee and approve work 42 reestablishing the boundary between South Carolina and North Carolina. 43 The Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office is directed to submit a report to the 44 Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the progress of 45 reestablishing the South Carolina-North Carolina boundary within sixty days of the close of each fiscal year 46 until such re-establishment is completed. 47 102.4. (RFAO: SC Health & Human Services Data Warehouse) There is hereby established within the 48 Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, the South Carolina Health and Human Services Data Warehouse. The 49 purpose of the Warehouse is to ensure that the operation of health and human services agencies may be 50 enhanced by coordination and integration of client information. Client data is defined as person-level data 51 that is created, received, and/or maintained by state agencies and other entities required to report client 52 information to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office under this provision. To integrate client information, 53 client data from health and human services state agencies will be linked to improve client outcome measures, 54 enabling state agencies to analyze coordination and continuity of care issues. The addition of these data will 55 enhance existing agency systems by providing client data from other state agency programs to assist in the 56 provision of client services. Certain client information shall be delivered to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs PAGE 136 1 Office in order to assist in the development and maintenance of this Warehouse. The following agencies 2 shall report client information: 3 • Departments of: 4 (1) Health and Human Services; 5 (2) Health and Environmental Control; 6 (3) Mental Health; 7 (4) Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services; 8 (5) Disabilities and Special Needs; 9 (6) Social Services; 10 (7) Vocational Rehabilitation; 11 (8) Education; 12 (9) Juvenile Justice; 13 (10) Corrections; 14 (11) Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; 15 • Department of Administration: 16 (1) Children’s Foster Care Review Board; 17 (2) Continuum of Care; 18 • Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Division on Aging; 19 • South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind; 20 • Commission for the Blind; and 21 • Other entities as deemed necessary by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. 22 These agencies and departments shall collect and provide client data in formats and schedules to be 23 specified by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office (Office). The Office shall establish a Memorandum of 24 Agreement with each agency, department or division. These Memorandums of Agreement shall specify, but 25 are not limited to, the confidentiality of client information, the conditions for the release of data that may 26 identify agencies, departments, divisions, programs and services, or clients, any restrictions on the release of 27 data so as to be compliant with state and federal statutes and regulations on confidentiality of data, 28 conditions under which the data may be used for research purposes, and any security measures to be taken to 29 insure the confidentiality of client information. 30 To ensure accountability and the coordinated, efficient delivery of health and human services, the Office 31 shall implement, in consultation with state health and human services agencies and other entities as deemed 32 necessary by the Office, an integrated data system that includes client data from all participating agencies. 33 In order to provide for inclusion of other entities into the South Carolina Health and Human Services Data 34 Warehouse and other research and analytic-oriented applications that will assist the state in the efficient and 35 effective provision of services, the Office shall have the authority to enter into agreements or transactions 36 with any federal, state or municipal agency or other public institution or with any private individual, 37 partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity to provide statistical, research and information 38 dissemination services including, but not limited to, program and outcomes evaluation, program 39 monitoring/surveillance, projects to determine the feasibility of data collection and/or analyses, information 40 dissemination and research. The confidentiality of data collected under these initiatives shall comply with 41 applicable state and federal laws governing the privacy of data. The Office shall have the power to 42 promulgate regulations, policies and procedures, in consultation with the participating agencies, for the 43 development, protection and operation of the Data Warehouse, other research and analytic-oriented 44 applications, and their underlying processes. 45 The Office shall develop internet-accessible secure analytic query tools (such as analytic cubes) using 46 integrated client data from the Warehouse. All agencies shall cooperate with the Office in the development 47 of these analytic tools. It is the intent of this provision that the analytic tools developed under this provision 48 shall be made available to members of the South Carolina General Assembly and their research staff 49 members, state agencies, and researchers. To that end, the Office shall, in consultation with the participating 50 agencies, promulgate regulations addressing access to and use and release of information generated through 51 use of the query tools. 52 All state agencies participating in the Warehouse shall utilize it and its associated software applications in 53 the day-to-day operation of their programs and for coordination, collaboration, program evaluation and 54 outcomes analysis. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall be exempt from usage of the 55 integrated client management system and the analytic query tools in the day-to-day operation of their Client PAGE 137 1 Automated Record and Encounter System and their South Carolina Community Assessment Network, but 2 shall provide the Warehouse with client data from the system and network. 3 No state agency shall duplicate any of the responsibilities of this provision. 4 For purposes of this subsection, all state laws, regulations, or any rule of any state agency, department, 5 board, or commission having the effect or force of law that prohibits or is inconsistent with any provision of 6 this subsection is hereby declared inapplicable to this subsection. 7 102.5. (RFAO: E911 PSAPs) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, utilizing the funds appropriated and 8 or authorized herein for the E911 program, must ensure that any new plans or proposed amendments to 9 existing plans maintain comprehensive coverage for the full Public Safety Answering Points area as well as 10 improve cost effectiveness. No new plans or amendments may be considered by Revenue and Fiscal Affairs 11 that do not include the written agreement of all jurisdictions affected by the new plan or proposed change as 12 well as provide cost savings on the state and local level. Local Public Safety Answering Points are 13 encouraged to cooperate to find ways to continue to improve cost effectiveness and efficiencies for all 14 affected entities. 15 102.6. (RFAO: Revenue for Goods and Services) The respective sections of the Revenue and Fiscal 16 Affairs Office are authorized to provide and receive from other governmental entities, including other 17 divisions, state and local agencies and departments, and the private sector, goods and services, as will in its 18 opinion promote efficient and economical operations. The sections may charge and pay the entities for the 19 goods and services, the revenue from which shall be deposited in the state treasury in a special account and 20 expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and be 21 expended for the same purposes. 22 102.7. (RFAO: 911 Advisory Committee) For the current fiscal year, the Executive Director of the 23 Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall appoint an individual with technical or operational knowledge of E- 24 911 systems to the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee, which formerly had an appointment of a 25 director of a division of the State Budget and Control Board, ex officio. In addition to the members 26 designated to serve on the advisory committee, the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs 27 Office may appoint a designee to serve on the advisory committee on his behalf. 102.8. (RFAO: NG9-1-1 Strategic Plan) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall be authorized to use funds from the 58.2 percent compliance cost portion of the wireless 9-1-1 fund for costs associated with the further planning, development, and implementation of the comprehensive statewide NG9-1-1 system as outlined in the South Carolina NG9-1-1 strategic plan. Associated costs include, but are not limited to, the hiring of consultants, technical experts, or other professionals for assistance in defining, developing, or implementing the operating model and standards, system or technical requirements, or other elements of 28 the system as outlined in the strategic plan. 29 SECTION 104 - E550 - STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY 30 31 104.1. (SFAA: Procurement of Art Objects) Before any governmental body, with the exception of the 32 South Carolina Museum Commission, the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum Commission, and 33 the South Carolina Hunley Commission as defined under the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement 34 Code, procures any art objects such as paintings, antiques, sculptures, or similar objects above $1,000, the 35 head of the Purchasing Agency shall prepare a written determination specifying the need for such objects and 36 benefits to the State. The South Carolina Arts Commission shall review such determination for approval 37 prior to any acquisition. 38 104.2. (SFAA: Vacant Positions) In the event that any permanent position in an agency remains vacant 39 for more than twelve months the position may be deleted by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 40 104.3. (SFAA: Lawsuit Funding) The Executive Director shall pay from the Insurance Reserve Fund the 41 defense costs of the State, which are incurred in the current fiscal year, in the Abbeville school funding 42 litigation and the prisoner mental health care litigation. The appropriate official from the House of 43 Representatives and the Senate must certify to the Executive Director on a monthly basis the costs incurred 44 in defense of this litigation. Upon receipt of the certification, the Executive Director shall pay the provider 45 of these services the amount certified. 46 104.4. (SFAA: Public Procurement Unit) For purposes of participation in the Minnesota Multi State 47 Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy (MMCAP), a private, nonprofit corporation that provides only free 48 medical care may be allowed to participate as a local public procurement unit in the MMCAP cooperative 49 purchase. The participation of nonprofit corporations in the program is contingent upon approval of the PAGE 138 1 Minnesota Multi-State Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy. Participating nonprofit corporations must 2 comply with all applicable federal laws or regulations for participation in the MMCAP cooperative purchase. 3 The state shall not be liable for any action or inaction of such a nonprofit corporation. 4 104.5. (SFAA: Insurance Coverage for Aging Entity Authorized) The State Fiscal Accountability 5 Authority, through the Insurance Reserve Fund, for Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, is also authorized to offer 6 insurance coverage to an aging entity and its employees serving clients countywide which previously 7 obtained its tort liability insurance coverage through the board. The Insurance Reserve Fund and the State of 8 South Carolina shall not be liable to any person or entity, including an insured, for any insufficiencies of 9 coverage provided hereunder. 10 104.6. (SFAA: IRF Report) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall prepare a report on prior 11 fiscal year utilization of the Insurance Reserve Fund to include for each transaction the amount, the recipient 12 of the funds, the date of the transfer or payment, and the action or reason that necessitated the transfer. The 13 report shall be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chairman of the Senate Finance 14 Committee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 15 Committee by October fifteenth, of the current fiscal year. 16 104.7. (SFAA: Second Injury Fund Closure Plan) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized 17 and empowered to take all necessary actions to administer the closure plan for the Second Injury Fund, as 18 adopted pursuant to Section 42-7-320(A) of the 1976 Code, as amended, and to use the separate and distinct 19 trust and administrative accounts established for this purpose.

20 104.8. (SFAA: IT Planning Transfer) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall transfer $400,000 21 from revenue generated from contract administration fees on information technology contracts to the 22 Department of Administration to support the state’s information technology planning program. 23 104.9. (SFAA: Attorneys) For the current fiscal year, during the transition of the Insurance Reserve Fund 24 from the Budget and Control Board to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Insurance Reserve Fund 25 shall continue to approve the attorneys-at-law retained to defend those it insures. 26 104.10. (SFAA: Compensation - Agency Head Salary) In the event of an agency head or technical college 27 president vacancy, the governing board of the agency or the Governor, or the appointing authority of a 28 technical college president, must have the prior favorable recommendation of the Agency Head Salary 29 Commission to set, discuss, offer, or pay a salary for the agency head or technical college president at a rate 30 that exceeds the minimum of the range established by the Agency Head Salary Commission. No agency 31 head or technical college president shall be paid a salary higher than that recommended by the commission. 32 Boards and commissions, or the Governor if he is the appointing authority, of newly created agencies or 33 technical colleges shall not offer or pay a salary to a prospective agency head until a salary range has been 34 established and the salary approved by the Agency Head Salary Commission. The funding of the salaries of 35 any agency head or technical college president should come from resources within the agency. The State 36 Fiscal Accountability Authority shall contract every four years for a study of agency head and technical 37 college president compensation. The cost of the study must be shared by the participating agencies. The 38 staff of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall serve as the support staff to the Agency Head Salary 39 Commission. Limited only by the maximum of the respective salary range, the General Assembly authorizes 40 the respective appointing authority for an agency head or technical college president to provide salary 41 increases for an agency head or technical college president not to exceed that recommended by the Agency 42 Head Salary Commission. No agency head or technical college president shall be paid less than the 43 minimum of the pay range nor receive an increase that would have the effect of raising the salary above the 44 maximum of the pay range.

45 46 SECTION 105 - F270 - SFAA, STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE 47 48 105.1. (SFAA-AUD: Annual Audit of Federal Programs) Each state agency receiving federal funds 49 subject to the audit requirements of the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular A-133, 50 Audits of States, Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations shall remit to the State Auditor an amount 51 representing an equitable portion of the expense of contracting with a nationally recognized CPA firm to 52 conduct a portion of the audit of the State’s federal financial assistance. 53 Each state agency’s equitable portion of the expense will be determined by a schedule developed by the 54 State Auditor. Such remittance will be based upon invoices provided by the State Auditor. The audit shall PAGE 139 1 be re-bid every five years. The State Auditor shall retain and expend the funds received and shall carry 2 forward any unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year for the same purpose. 3 105.2. (SFAA-AUD: Medical Assistance Audit Carry Forward) The State Auditor’s Office shall retain 4 and expend the funds received from the Department of Health and Human Services for the Medical 5 Assistance Audit Program pursuant to Proviso 33.3 of this act and shall carry forward any unexpended funds 6 from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year for the same purpose. 7 105.3. (SFAA-AUD: Coordination with Inspector General) In the event the State Auditor’s Office 8 identifies instances of fraud, waste, and abuse during any state agency audit, the State Auditor shall refer 9 such instances to the State Inspector General for examination. The State Auditor shall prepare and submit an 10 annual report to the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee 11 and the Governor detailing all written referrals of fraud, waste, and abuse submitted to the State Inspector 12 General. 13 105.4. (SFAA-AUD: Annual Audit of Court Fees and Fines Reports) The State Auditor shall conduct a 14 minimum of fifteen audits annually of county treasurers, municipal treasurers, county clerks of court, 15 magistrates and/or municipal courts as required by Section 14-1-210 of the 1976 Code and allowed by 16 Section 14-1-240; however, the State Auditor shall not be required to spend more than the annual amount of 17 $250,000, received from the State Treasurer to conduct the said audits pursuant to Section 14-1-210 of the 18 1976 Code. The State Auditor may contract with one or more CPA/accounting firms to conduct the required 19 audits. The State Auditor shall consult with the State Treasurer to determine the jurisdictions to be audited in 20 the current fiscal year. Jurisdictions may be selected randomly or based on an instance in the current or 21 previous fiscal year of failing to report, incorrectly reporting or under remitting amounts owed. The funds 22 transferred to the State Auditor by the State Treasurer shall not be used for any purpose other than to conduct 23 the described audits and report whether or not the assessments, surcharges, fees, fines, forfeitures, 24 escheatments, or other monetary penalties imposed and/or mandated are properly collected and remitted to 25 the State. Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth of the prior fiscal year shall be carried forward and 26 must be expended for the same purpose during the current fiscal year. The State Auditor shall annually 27 report by October first, its findings of the jurisdictions audited to the Senate Finance Committee and the 28 House Ways and Means Committee.

29 30 SECTION 106 - F300 - STATEWIDE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 31 32 106.1. (SEB: SCRS & PORS Rate Increase Allocation) The funds appropriated in the current fiscal year 33 for SCRS Employer Contributions and PORS Employer Contributions shall be allocated to state agencies 34 and school districts by the Department of Administration, Executive Budget Office for SCRS and PORS rate 35 increases.

36 37 SECTION 108 - F500 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY 38 39 108.1. (PEBA: Lottery, Infrastructure Bank, and Magistrates Health Insurance) South Carolina Lottery 40 Commissioners and South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank Board members and their eligible 41 dependents are eligible to participate in the State Health and Dental Insurance Plan, upon paying the full 42 premium costs as determined by the Public Employee Benefit Authority. If a county is participating in the 43 State Health and Dental Insurance Plan, magistrates and their eligible dependents are eligible to participate in 44 the State Health and Dental Insurance Plan, upon the magistrate paying the full premium costs as determined 45 by the Public Employee Benefit Authority. 46 108.2. (PEBA: Adoption Assistance Program) The Employee Adoption Assistance Program is 47 established to provide grants to eligible employees to assist them with the direct costs of adoption. The 48 program shall be an employee benefit through the Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) and shall be 49 funded from the appropriation for the State Health Plan as provided in this act. Total funding for the 50 Adoption Program shall not exceed the amount authorized by the General Assembly in the annual 51 appropriations act. Employees are eligible for the Adoption Program if they participate in PEBA insurance 52 benefits, have adopted a child during the prior fiscal year, apply for the grant during the annual application 53 period, and meet any other Adoption Program criteria. The application period shall be July first through 54 September thirtieth of the current fiscal year for an adoption in the prior fiscal year. The maximum grant PAGE 140 1 amounts shall be $10,000 in the case of the adoption of a special needs child and $5,000 for all other child 2 adoptions. Should the total amount needed to fund grants at the maximum level exceed the amount 3 authorized, the amount of a grant to an eligible employee shall be determined by dividing the authorized 4 amount evenly among qualified program applicants, with the adoption of a special needs child qualifying for 5 two times the benefit of a nonspecial needs child. 6 108.3. (PEBA: Health Plan Tobacco User Differential) For health plans adopted under the authority of 7 Section 1-11-710 of the 1976 Code by the Public Employee Benefit Authority during the current fiscal year, 8 the board is authorized to differentiate between tobacco users and nonusers regarding rates charged to 9 enrollees in its health plans by imposing a surcharge on enrollee rates based upon tobacco use. The 10 surcharge for tobacco use may not exceed $40 per month per subscriber or $60 per month per subscriber and 11 dependent(s). 12 108.4. (PEBA: Funding Abortions Prohibited) No funds appropriated for employer contributions to the 13 State Health Insurance Plan may be expended to reimburse the expenses of an abortion, except in cases of 14 rape, incest or where the mother’s medical condition is one which, on the basis of the physician’s good faith 15 judgment, so complicates the pregnancy as to necessitate an immediate abortion to avert the risk of her death 16 or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily 17 function, and the State Health Plan may not offer coverage for abortion services, including ancillary services 18 provided contemporaneously with abortion services. The Public Employee Benefit Authority must 19 determine the amount of the total premium paid for health coverage necessary to cover the risks associated 20 with reimbursing participants in the plan for obtaining an abortion in the circumstances covered by this 21 provision. The determination must be based on actuarial data and empirical study in the same manner and by 22 the same method that other risks are adjusted for in similar circumstances. The plan must report this 23 determination annually to the respective Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways 24 and Means Committee. 25 108.5. (PEBA: TRICARE Supplement Policy) The Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) shall 26 offer a group TRICARE Supplement policy or policies to its TRICARE-eligible subscribers through its 27 flexible benefits program to provide that subscribers may pay premiums for such policies on a pretax basis, 28 in accordance with federal law and regulations. PEBA may charge TRICARE Supplement subscribers an 29 amount not to exceed $2 per subscriber per month for any associated administrative costs. 30 108.6. (PEBA: State Health Plan) Of the funds authorized for the State Health Plan pursuant to Section 31 111710(A)(2) of the 1976 Code, an employer premium increase of 0.8 3.3 percent and a subscriber premium 32 increase of zero percent for each tier (subscriber, subscriber/spouse, subscriber/children, full family) will 33 result for the standard State Health Plan in Plan Year 2017 2018. Copayments for participants of the State 34 Health Plan in Plan Year 2017 2018 shall not be increased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to 35 Section 111710(A)(3), the Public Employee Benefit Authority may adjust the plan, benefits, or contributions 36 of the State Health Plan during Plan Year 2017 2018 to ensure the fiscal stability of the Plan. 37 108.7. (PEBA: Exempt National Guard Pension Fund) In the calculation of any across-the-board cut 38 mandated by the Executive Budget Office or General Assembly, the amount of the appropriation for the 39 National Guard Pension Fund shall be excluded. 40 108.8. (PEBA: Inactive SCRS Account Transfer) A current employee or teacher who is an active 41 participant in the State Optional Retirement Program but who has an inactive account in the South Carolina 42 Retirement Program due to previous service in that system, shall be allowed to transfer previous 43 contributions to the employee’s or teacher’s active State Optional Retirement Program account. 44 108.9. (PEBA: Network Pharmacy Publications) All pharmacy publications or lists must include 45 independent retail pharmacies. Abridged pharmacy lists are prohibited. 46 108.10. (PEBA: Covered Contraceptives) In its Plan of Benefits effective January 1, 2017, the State 47 Health Plan shall not apply patient cost sharing provisions to covered contraceptives. This provision does 48 not alter the current approved list of contraceptives and complies with the requirements of proviso 108.4. 49 108.11. (PEBA: Former Spouses on the State Health Plan) In its Plan of Benefits effective January 1, 50 2018, the State Health Plan shall cover a subscriber’s former spouse, who is eligible to be covered pursuant 51 to a court order, on the former spouse’s own individual policy and at the full amount of the premium for the 52 coverage elected, with such rates, billing, and other administrative policies to be determined by the Public 53 Employee Benefit Authority. The former spouses may only elect such health, dental, and vision coverage as 54 required by the court order. The former spouse’s individual coverage may continue under the State Health 55 Plan as long as authorized under the court order and the subscriber remains a participant in the State 56 Health Plan. This proviso does not affect a subscriber’s ability to cover a current spouse on an PAGE 141 1 employee/retiree and spouse or full family policy when the subscriber’s former spouse is covered on a 2 separate policy.

3 4 SECTION 109 - R440 - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 5 6 109.1. (DOR: Subpoenaed Employee Expense Reimbursement) If any employee of the Department of 7 Revenue is subpoenaed to testify during litigation not involving the Department of Revenue, the party 8 subpoenaing the employee(s) to testify shall reimburse the State for expenses incurred by the employee(s) 9 requested to testify. Expenses shall include but are not limited to the cost of materials and the average daily 10 salary of the employee or employees. 11 109.2. (DOR: Court Order Funds Carry Forward) Funds awarded to the Department of Revenue by court 12 order shall be retained in a special account and shall be carried forward from year to year, and expended as 13 needed to accomplish the purposes and conditions of said order if specified, and if not specified, as may be 14 directed by the Director of the Department of Revenue. 15 109.3. (DOR: Rural Infrastructure Fund Transfer) Notwithstanding Section 12-10-85, the Department of 16 Revenue is authorized to deposit revenues from the Rural Infrastructure Fund in excess of $12 million 17 dollars to the Rural Infrastructure Fund under the Rural Infrastructure Authority. Any revenues in excess of 18 $17 million shall be deposited in the Rural Infrastructure Fund under the Department of Commerce, 19 Coordinating Council. 20 109.4. (DOR: SCBOS Funds) The Department of Revenue shall share equally the collection assistance 21 fees imposed on overdue tax debt with the South Carolina Business One Stop program. The funds received 22 by the department from this fee shall be used for continued administration of the revenue laws in a fair and 23 impartial manner. Any unexpended funds generated by the fee shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal 24 year into the current fiscal year and shall also be shared equally between the Department of Revenue and the 25 South Carolina Business One Stop program. 26 109.5. (DOR: Across the Board Cut Exemption) Whenever the Executive Budget Office or General 27 Assembly implements an across the board budget reduction, the funds appropriated to the Department of 28 Revenue shall be exempt from any such mandated budget reduction. 29 109.6. (DOR: Candidate Tax Return Programs) (A) From the funds appropriated in this act, the 30 department must develop a program to process inquiries from a candidate for an office of this State or its 31 political subdivisions or any gubernatorial appointee concerning whether that candidate or appointee has 32 filed annual state income tax returns that he was required to file during the past ten years, regardless of the 33 source of income, has paid all income taxes due during that time period, and has satisfied all judgments, 34 liens, or other penalties for failure to pay income taxes when due. The department may only respond to an 35 inquiry if the inquiry is made by a candidate or appointee concerning that candidate’s or appointee’s own 36 income tax returns. 37 (B) Unless a candidate or appointee requests otherwise, the department must post the results of all 38 inquiries from candidates or appointees in a prominent place on its internet website. The information must 39 be organized in the following manner: (1) the candidates name as it will appear on the ballot or the 40 appointee’s name as it appears on his income tax returns; (2) identify the years that the candidate or 41 appointee was required to file income tax returns and identify the years, if any, that the candidate or 42 appointee was not required to file income tax returns; (3) state whether the candidate or appointee filed 43 income tax returns in each year that the candidate or appointee was required to file income tax returns; (4) 44 state whether the candidate or appointee paid income taxes due each year that the candidate or appointee was 45 required to file income tax returns; and (5) state whether the candidate or appointee had a judgment, lien, or 46 other penalty levied against him for failure to pay income taxes when due, the year of the levy, and whether 47 that judgment, lien, or other penalty has been satisfied. The department may not post a candidate’s complete 48 income tax return when fulfilling its obligations under this proviso. 49 (C) (1) Participation in this program by a candidate or appointee is voluntary. 50 (2) A candidate’s or appointee’s inquiry constitutes a waiver of confidentiality with the department 51 concerning the information posted. 52 109.7. (DOR: Admissions Tax Exemption) Any amount that an accredited college or university requires 53 a season ticket holder to pay to a nonprofit athletic booster organization that is exempt from federal income 54 taxation in order to receive the right to purchase athletic event tickets is exempt from admissions tax. PAGE 142 1 109.8. (DOR: Fraudulent Tax Return Program) The Department of Revenue may establish a Fraudulent 2 Tax Return Detection Program to prevent payment of fraudulent tax refunds. To implement the program the 3 department may contract with information and technology entities to provide the necessary detection 4 capabilities. The department shall pay for the program from the savings realized by implementation. 5 109.9. (DOR: Treasury Offset Program) The Department of Revenue is authorized to retain up to 6 $140,000 of mailing and associated administrative costs incurred as a result of the State’s participation in and 7 the notice requirements of the Federal Treasury Offset Program. Retained expenses shall be from tax offset 8 revenue received from the federal government. Remaining revenue shall be deposited in the General Fund. 9 109.10. (DOR: May Events) Of the accommodation tax returned to Horry County or the municipalities 10 therein, up to one third of the total allocation may be set aside and used for direct policing activities during 11 events held in May within Horry County. By October thirtyfirst, the local government must inform the 12 Department of Revenue the percentage of accommodation tax to withhold, not to exceed one third of the 13 estimated yearly return, that will be dedicated to direct policing activities. These funds shall be sent by the 14 Department of Revenue to the local governing entity upon request of the local entity. A report on the 15 expenditure of these funds, which must include the amount and purpose for which the funds were expended 16 shall be submitted by the county or municipalities to the Governor, the Chairman of Senate Finance 17 Committee and the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee no later than ninety days after the end 18 of any event in which these funds are expended. 19 109.11. (DOR: Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children) (A) As used in this proviso: 20 (1) “Eligible school” means an independent school including those religious in nature, other than a 21 public school, at which the compulsory attendance requirements of Section 596510 may be met, that: 22 (a) offers a general education to primary or secondary school students; 23 (b) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin; 24 (c) is located in this State; 25 (d) has an educational curriculum that includes courses set forth in the state’s diploma 26 requirements, graduation certificate requirements (for special needs children), and where the students 27 attending are administered national achievement or state standardized tests, or both, at progressive grade 28 levels to determine student progress; 29 (e) has school facilities that are subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws; 30 (f) is a member in good standing of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the 31 South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, or the South Carolina Independent Schools Association, or 32 Palmetto Association of Independent Schools; and 33 (g) provides a specially designed program or learning resource center to provide needed 34 accommodations based on the needs of exceptional needs students or provides onsite educational services or 35 supports to meet the needs of exceptional needs students, or is a school specifically existing to meet the 36 needs of only exceptional needs students with documented disabilities. 37 (2) “Exceptional needs child” means a child: 38 (a) who has been evaluated in accordance with this state’s evaluation criteria, as set forth in 39 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 43243.1, and determined eligible as a child with a disability who needs special 40 education and related services, in accordance with the requirements of Section 300.8 of the Individuals with 41 Disabilities Education Act; or 42 (b) who has been diagnosed within the last three years by a licensed speechlanguage 43 pathologist, psychiatrist, or medical, mental health, psychoeducational, or other comparable licensed health 44 care provider as having a neurodevelopmental disorder, a substantial sensory or physical impairment such as 45 deaf, blind, or orthopedic disability, or some other disability or acute or chronic condition that significantly 46 impedes the student’s ability to learn and succeed in school without specialized instructional and associated 47 supports and services tailored to the child’s unique needs; or 48 (c) who has been identified by the Department of Social Services as having special educational 49 or developmental needs. 50 (4) (3) ‘Independent school’ means a school, other than a public school, at which the compulsory 51 attendance requirements of Section 596510 may be met and that does not discriminate based on the grounds 52 of race, color, religion, or national origin. 53 (5) (4) ‘Parent’ means the natural or adoptive parent or legal guardian of a child. 54 (6) (5) ‘Qualifying student’ means a student who is an exceptional needs child, a South Carolina 55 resident, and who is eligible to be enrolled in a South Carolina secondary or elementary public school at the 56 kindergarten or later year level for the applicable school year. PAGE 143 1 (7) (6) ‘Resident public school district’ means the public school district in which a student resides, or 2 in the case of dependents of active military personnel, the public school district which the student may 3 attend. 4 (8) (7) ‘Transportation’ means transportation to and from school only. 5 (9) (8) ‘Tuition’ means the total amount of money charged for the cost of a qualifying student to 6 attend an independent school including, but not limited to, fees for attending the school, textbook fees, and 7 schoolrelated transportation. 8 (10) (9) ‘Department’ means the Department of Revenue. 9 (B) (1) There is created the Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund that is separate and 10 distinct from the State general fund. The fund shall be organized by the department as a public charity as 11 defined by the Internal Revenue Code under sections 509(a)(1) through 509(a)(4) and consist solely of 12 contributions made to the fund. The fund may not receive an appropriation of public funds. The fund shall 13 receive and hold all contributions intended for it as well as all earnings until disbursed as provided in this 14 chapter. Monies received in the fund shall be used to provide scholarships to exceptional needs children 15 attending eligible schools. 16 (2) The amounts on deposit in the fund do not constitute public funds nor are the deposits property 17 of the State. Amounts on deposit in the fund must not be commingled with public funds and the State shall 18 have no claim to or interest in the amounts on deposit. Agreements or contracts entered into by or on behalf 19 of the fund do not constitute a debt or obligation of the State. 20 (3) The fund shall be governed by five directors, two appointed by the Chairman of the House Ways 21 and Means Committee, one of which is based upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Association of 22 Christian Schools and one which is based upon the recommendation of the Diocese of Charleston, two 23 appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee based upon the recommendations of the South 24 Carolina Independent Schools Association and one appointed by the Governor based upon the 25 recommendation of the Palmetto Association of Independent Schools. The directors of the fund, along with 26 the Director of the Department of Revenue, shall designate an executive director of the fund. 27 (4) In concert with the fund directors, the Department of Revenue shall administer the fund, 28 including, but not limited to, the keeping of records, the management of accounts, and disbursement of the 29 grants awarded pursuant to this proviso. The department fund may expend up to two percent of the fund for 30 administration and related costs. The department may not expend public funds to administer the program. 31 (5) By June thirtieth of the current fiscal year, the Department of Revenue must report to the 32 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the 33 Governor: 34 (a) the number and total amount of grants issued to eligible schools in the fiscal year; 35 (b) for each grant issued to an eligible school in the fiscal year, the identity of the school and 36 the amount of the grant; 37 (c) an itemization and detailed explanation of any fees or other revenues obtained from or on 38 behalf of any eligible schools; 39 (d) a copy of a compilation, review, or audit of the fund’s financial statements, conducted by a 40 certified public accounting firm and; 41 (e) the criteria and eligibility requirements for scholarship awards. 42 (C) (1) Grants may be awarded in an amount not exceeding eleven thousand dollars or the total annual 43 cost of tuition, whichever is less, to a qualifying student at an eligible school. 44 (2) Before awarding any grant, the fund must receive written documentation from the qualifying 45 student’s parent or guardian documenting that the qualifying student is an exceptional needs child. Upon 46 approving the application, the fund must issue a check to the eligible school in the name of the qualifying 47 student within either thirty days upon approval of the application or thirty days of the start of the school’s 48 semester. 49 (3) In the event that the qualifying student leaves or withdraws from the school for any reason 50 before the end of the semester or school year and does not reenroll within thirty days, then the eligible school 51 must return a prorated amount of the grant to the fund based on the number of days the qualifying student 52 was enrolled in the school during the semester or school year within sixty days of the qualifying student’s 53 departure. 54 (4) The department fund may not award grants solely for the benefit of one school. 55 (5) The department may not release any personally identifiable information pertaining to students or 56 donors or use information collected about donors, students, or schools for financial gain. PAGE 144 1 (6) The department fund shall develop a process to prioritize the awarding of grants to eligible 2 incumbent grant recipients at eligible schools. 3 (D) (1) (a) Tax credits authorized by subsection (H)(1) and subsection (I) of this proviso annually may 4 not exceed cumulatively a total of ten million dollars for contributions to the Educational Credit for 5 Exceptional Needs Children Fund. 6 (b) Tax credits authorized pursuant to subsection (H)(2) of this proviso annually may not 7 exceed cumulatively a total of two million dollars for tuition payments made on behalf of qualifying 8 students. 9 (c) If the department determines that the total of the credits claimed by all taxpayers exceeds 10 either limit amount as contained in items (a) or (b), it shall allow credits only up to those amounts on a first 11 come, first served basis. 12 (2) (a) The department shall establish an application process to determine the amount of credit 13 available to be claimed. The receipt of the application by the department shall determine priority for the 14 credit. Subject to the provisions of subitem (e), contributions must be made annually on or before June 15 thirtieth, in order to claim the credit. The credit must be claimed on the return for the tax year that the 16 contribution is made. 17 (b) A taxpayer may not claim more than sixty percent of his total tax liability for the year in 18 contribution toward the tax credit authorized by subsection (H)(1) or subsection (I). This credit is not 19 refundable. 20 (c) If a taxpayer deducts the amount of the contribution on his federal return and claims the 21 credit allowed by subsection (H)(1) or subsection (I), then he must add back the amount of the deduction for 22 purposes of South Carolina income taxes. 23 (d) The department shall prescribe the form and manner of proof required to obtain the credit 24 authorized by subsection (H)(1) or subsection (I). The department shall also develop a method of informing 25 taxpayers if the credit limit is met at any time during the fiscal year. 26 (e) A taxpayer only may claim a credit pursuant to subsection (H)(1) and subsection (I) for 27 contributions made during the fiscal year. 28 (3) A corporation or entity entitled to a credit under subsection (H)(1) and subsection (I) may not 29 convey, assign, or transfer the credit authorized by this proviso to another entity unless all of the assets of the 30 entity are conveyed, assigned, or transferred in the same transaction. 31 (E) (1) On or before August 1, 2016 of the current fiscal year an independent schools may apply to the 32 Education Oversight Committee to be certified as an eligible institution school who participated in the 33 program in the prior fiscal year and who desires to participate in the program in the current fiscal year must 34 reapply to the Education Oversight Committee. The independent school must certify to the Education 35 Oversight Committee that it continues to meet all program requirements and must provide to the committee 36 student test score data from the prior school year by December 31. If student test score data are not 37 submitted by December 31, then the Education Oversight Committee must remove the school from the 38 program. The Education Oversight Committee must consult with the Southern Association of Colleges and 39 Schools, the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, the South Carolina Independent Schools 40 Association, Palmetto Association of Independent Schools, or the Diocese of Charleston to verify that the 41 school is still a member in good standing and that the school continues to serve exceptional needs children. 42 An independent school who did not participate in the program in the prior fiscal year but desires to 43 participate in the program in the current fiscal year must apply to the Education Oversight Committee. The 44 Education Oversight Committee shall develop an application to be completed by the independent schools 45 which must contain at least: 46 (a) the number and total amount of grants received in the preceding fiscal year; 47 (b) student test scores, by category, on national achievement or state standardized tests, or both, 48 for all grades tested and administered by the school receiving or entitled to receive scholarship grants 49 pursuant to this chapter in the previous fiscal year; 50 (c) a copy of a compilation, review, or compliance audit of the organization’s financial 51 statements as relating to the grants received, conducted by a certified public accounting firm; and 52 (d) a certification by the independent school that it meets the definition of an eligible school as 53 that term is defined in subsection (A)(1) and that the report is true, accurate, and complete under penalty of 54 perjury in accordance with Section 16910. 55 (2) (a) The Education Oversight Committee may waive the August first deadline contained in 56 subsection (E) upon good cause shown by an independent school. PAGE 145 1 (b) The Education Oversight Committee may waive some or all of the curriculum requirements 2 contained in subsection (A)(1)(d) following consultation with the advisory committee. 3 (3) (a) By September 1, 2016 the Education Oversight Committee shall publish on its website a 4 comprehensive list of independent schools certified as eligible institutions. The list shall include for each 5 eligible institution: 6 (i) the institution’s name, addresses, telephone numbers, and, if available, website 7 addresses; and 8 (ii) the score reports and compliance audits received by the committee pursuant to 9 subsection (E)(1)(b) and (c). 10 (b) The Education Oversight Committee shall summarize or redact the score reports identified 11 in item (3)(a)(ii) if necessary to prevent the disclosure of personally identifiable information. 12 (4) An independent school that does not apply for certification pursuant to this subsection must not 13 be included on the list of eligible schools and contributions to that school shall not be allowed for purposes 14 of the tax credits permitted by this proviso. 15 (5) An independent school that is denied certification pursuant to this section may seek review by 16 filing a request for a contested case hearing with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with the 17 court’s rules of procedure. 18 (F) (1) The Education Oversight Committee shall establish an advisory committee made up of not more 19 than nine members, including parents, and representatives of independent schools and independent school 20 associations. 21 (2) The advisory committee shall: 22 (a) consult with the Education Oversight Committee concerning requests for exemptions from 23 curriculum requirements; and 24 (b) provide recommendations on other matters requested by the Education Oversight 25 Committee. 26 (G) Except as otherwise provided, the Department of Education, the Education Oversight Committee, and 27 the Department of Revenue, nor any other state agency may regulate the educational program of an 28 independent school that accepts students receiving scholarship grants pursuant to this chapter.” 29 (H) (1) A taxpayer is entitled to a tax credit against income taxes imposed pursuant to Chapter 6, Title 30 12 for the amount of cash and the monetary value of any publicly traded securities the taxpayer contributes 31 to the Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund up to the limits contained in subsection (D) 32 (1)(a) of this proviso if: 33 (a) the contribution is used to provide grants for tuition to exceptional needs children enrolled 34 in eligible schools who qualify for these grants under the provisions of this proviso; and 35 (b) the taxpayer does not designate a specific child or school as the beneficiary of the 36 contribution. 37 (2) (a) A taxpayer is entitled to a refundable tax credit against income taxes imposed pursuant to 38 Chapter 6, Title 12 for the amount of cash and the monetary value of any publicly traded securities, not 39 exceeding eleven thousand dollars per child, for tuition payments to an eligible school for an exceptional 40 needs child within his custody or care who would be eligible for a grant pursuant to this proviso up to the 41 limits contained in subsection (D)(1)(b) of this proviso. 42 (b) If a child within the care and custody of taxpayer claiming a tax credit pursuant to this item 43 also receives a grant from the Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund, then the taxpayer 44 may only claim a credit equal to the difference of eleven thousand dollars or the cost of tuition, whichever is 45 lower, and the amount of the grant. 46 (I) A taxpayer is entitled to a tax credit against income taxes imposed pursuant to Chapter 11, Title 12 47 for the amount of cash and the monetary value of any publicly traded securities the taxpayer contributes to 48 the Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund up to the limits contained in subsection (D)(1) 49 (a) of this proviso if: 50 (1) the contribution is used to provide grants for tuition to exceptional needs children enrolled in 51 eligible schools who qualify for these grants under the provisions of this proviso; and 52 (2) the taxpayer does not designate a specific child or school as the beneficiary of the contribution. 53 (J) On or before August 1, 2016, each scholarship funding organization organized and operating pursuant 54 to SECTION 9 of H. 4230, R. 130, Act 92 of 2015 shall deposit with the Educational Credit for Exceptional 55 Needs Children Fund all remaining funds on hand as of July 1, 2016. Scholarship funding organizations 56 organized and operating pursuant to SECTION 9 shall remain in existence after the effective date of this act PAGE 146 1 solely for the purpose of winding down operations and depositing remaining funds with the Educational 2 Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund pursuant to this provision. On August 1, 2016 all scholarship 3 funding organizations organized pursuant to SECTION 9 shall cease to exist.

4 5 SECTION 110 - R520 - STATE ETHICS COMMISSION 6 7 110.1. (ETHICS: Ethics Commission Website Changes) In the current fiscal year, prior to approving or 8 adopting any changes to the State Ethics Commission Public Disclosure and Accountability Reporting 9 System, the State Ethics Commission shall submit the proposed changes to the Senate Ethics Committee and 10 House of Representatives Ethics Committee for their review and approval. As third party beneficiaries to 11 any agreement between the State Ethics Commission and a vendor relating to the State Ethics Commission 12 Public Disclosure and Accountability Reporting System, the General Assembly through its respective Ethics 13 Committees can submit suggested changes to any proposed agreement or contract relating to the State Ethics 14 Commission Public Disclosure and Accountability Reporting System and the State Ethics Commission shall 15 be required to incorporate those suggestions into any contractual negotiation.

16 17 SECTION 111 - S600 - PROCUREMENT REVIEW PANEL 18 19 111.1. (PRP: Filing Fee) Requests for administrative review before the South Carolina Procurement 20 Review Panel shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), payable to the 21 SC Procurement Review Panel. The panel is authorized to charge the party requesting an administrative 22 review under the S.C. Code Sections 1135-4210(6), 11-35-4220(5), 11-35-4230(6), 11-35-4330, and/or 11- 23 35-4410. The funds generated by the filing fee shall be retained by the panel and carried forward to be used 24 for the operation of the panel. Withdrawal of an appeal will result in the filing fee being forfeited to the 25 panel. If a party desiring to file an appeal is unable to pay the filing fee because of financial hardship, the 26 party shall submit a completed Request for Filing Fee Waiver form at the same time the request for review is 27 filed. The panel shall make the Request for Filing Fee Waiver forms available to the Chief Procurement 28 Officers to provide to parties along with notice of right to appeal to the panel. If the filing fee is not waived, 29 the party must pay the filing fee within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the order denying waiver of the 30 filing fee. Requests for administrative review will not be accepted unless accompanied by the filing fee or a 31 completed Request for Filing Fee Waiver form at the time of filing.

32 33 SECTION 112 - V040 - DEBT SERVICE 34 35 112.1. (DS: Excess Debt Service) Excess debt service funds from Fiscal Year 2015-16 2016-17 must be 36 carried forward and expended in Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18 to pay down general obligation bond debt for 37 which the State (1) is paying the highest rate of interest, (2) will achieve relief in constrained debt capacity, 38 or (3) reduce the amount of debt issued.

39 40 SECTION 113 - X220 - AID TO SUBDIVISIONS, STATE TREASURER 41 42 113.1. (AS-TREAS: Veterans’ Affairs-Aid to Counties) In the allocation of the appropriation in Part IA, 43 Section 113, as adjusted for “Aid to County Veteran Offices,” each county shall receive an effective annual 44 amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount allocated to it for the prior fiscal year plus an amount 45 equivalent to base pay increases for state employees, less any adjustments made for budget reductions. This 46 allocation shall be distributed on a quarterly basis to the County Treasurer who will handle and distribute 47 these monies for the sole benefit and use of the County Veterans’ Affairs Offices. 48 113.2. (AS-TREAS: Quarterly Distributions) For Fiscal Year 201617 2017-18, one quarter of the amount 49 appropriated in Part IA for Aid to Subdivisions-Local Government Fund shall be distributed as soon after the 50 beginning of each quarter as practical with the four distributions together totaling the Fiscal Year 201617 51 2017-18 Part IA appropriation for the Local Government Fund. PAGE 147 1 113.3. (AS-TREAS: Salary Supplements) The amounts appropriated in Part IA, Section 113, for Aid 2 Cnty-Clerks of Court, Aid Cnty-Probate Judges, Aid Cnty-Coroners, and Aid Cnty-Sheriffs shall be 3 distributed by the State Treasurer to each county treasurer equally on a quarterly basis, and shall be used as a 4 salary supplement for each clerk of court, probate judge, county coroner, and county sheriff. The amounts 5 appropriated in Part IA, Section 113 for Aid Cnty-Register of Deeds, shall be equally distributed by the State 6 Treasurer to the appropriate county treasurer on a quarterly basis, and shall be used as a salary supplement 7 for registers of deeds. 8 The amount appropriated in Part IA, Section 113, for Aid CntyAuditors and Aid Cnty-Treasurers, shall be 9 equally distributed to each county auditor and county treasurer as a salary supplement in addition to any 10 amounts presently being provided by the county for these positions. It is the intent of the General Assembly 11 that the amount appropriated by the county as salaries for these positions shall not be reduced as a result of 12 the appropriation and that such appropriation shall not disqualify each county auditor and each county 13 treasurer for salary increases that they might otherwise receive from county funds in the future. The salary 14 supplement for each county auditor and county treasurer shall be paid in accordance with the schedule and 15 method of payment established for state employees. 16 The amounts appropriated in Part IA, Section 113 for Clerks of Court, Probate Judges, Sheriffs, Register 17 of Deeds, Coroners, Auditors, and Treasurers shall be exempt from any across the board cut mandated by the 18 Executive Budget Office or General Assembly. However, the governing body of a county may reduce the 19 expenditures in the operation of the offices of these officials without any required corresponding reduction in 20 the county’s state aid to subdivisions distribution. However, any reduction in these officials’ budgets must 21 be made in consultation with the affected official. 22 113.4. (AS-TREAS: Legislative Delegations) In the current fiscal year, a county government must fund 23 its legislative delegation budget pursuant to Section 3, Act No. 283 of 1975. If a county council does not 24 meet that funding level, the amount of the shortfall must be deducted from the responsible county’s Aid to 25 Subdivisions allocation and forwarded to the legislation delegation of the county. Additionally, the 26 responsible county’s remaining Aid to Subdivisions allotment must be reduced by twenty-five percent of the 27 shortfall amount, which sum must be forwarded to the legislative delegation to be used for its administrative 28 costs. 29 113.5. (AS-TREAS: LGF) For Fiscal Year 201617 2017-18, the provisions of Section 6-27-30 and 30 Section 6-27-50 of the 1976 Code are suspended. 31 113.6. (ASTREAS: TransparencyPolitical Subdivision Appropriation of Funds) (A) A political 32 subdivision receiving aid from the Local Government Fund may not: 33 (1) appropriate money to any entity unless that appropriation appears as a separate and distinct line 34 item in the political subdivision’s budget or in an amendment to the political subdivision’s budget; 35 (2) except in cases of emergency or unforeseen circumstances, donate funds to a nonprofit 36 organization unless the amounts donated are appropriated on a separate and distinct line item in the political 37 subdivision’s budget or an amendment to the political subdivision’s budget that includes the names of the 38 entities to which the donations are being made. In the case of an emergency or unforeseen circumstances, a 39 political subdivision may donate funds to a nonprofit organization if the amount and purpose of the proposed 40 donation and the nature of the emergency or unforeseen circumstances necessitating the donation are 41 announced in open session at a public meeting held by the governing body of the political subdivision and 42 the funds are not delivered to the organization for five days following the announced intent to make the 43 donation; or 44 (3) accept any funds from nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations as defined in Agenda 45 21, adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development, accredited 46 and enlisted by the United Nations to assist in the implementation of its policies relative to Agenda 21 47 around the world without posting the following on the political subdivision’s website for ten days: 48 (a) a full and detailed list of the funding program, including a designation that the funding 49 program is associated with Agenda 21, 50 (b) the amount of funds involved, 51 (c) every mandate or requirement or action that will result from the grant or funding program’s 52 implementation, 53 (d) any and all projected costs to the political subdivision, business, or individual associated with 54 the grant or funding program, and 55 (e) the stated goals and expected results of the grant or funding program. PAGE 148 1 (B) A political subdivision receiving aid from the Local Government Fund may not appropriate money to 2 any entity without the requirement that the entity provides at the end of the fiscal year a detailed description 3 of the purposes for which the money was used. 4 113.7. (AS-TREAS: Political Subdivision Flexibility) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, a political 5 subdivision receiving aid from the Local Government Fund may reduce its support to any state mandated 6 program or requirement, by up to a percentage equal to the percentage reduction in the actual amount 7 appropriated to the Local Government Fund as compared to the amount required to be appropriated pursuant 8 to Section 6-27-30. Excluded from said reductions are Administrative Law Judges and their offices, Court of 9 Appeals and their offices, Circuit and Family Courts and their offices, Magistrates and their offices, Masters- 10 in-Equity and their offices, Probate Courts and their offices, Public Defenders and their offices, Solicitors 11 and their offices, and the Supreme Court and their offices, and assessment for indigent medical care 12 pursuant to Section 44-6-146 of the 1976 Code. 13 113.8. (AS-TREAS: Agricultural Use Exemption) A county shall have its portion of the Aid to 14 Subdivisions, Local Government Fund withheld if the county imposes any additional requirements for an 15 agricultural use exemption for a landowner’s timberland beyond what is required by Section 12-43-230(a) 16 and Section 12-43-232 of the 1976 Code.

17 18 SECTION 117 - X900 - GENERAL PROVISIONS 19 20 117.1. (GP: Revenues, Deposits Credited to General Fund) For the current fiscal year, except as 21 hereinafter specifically provided, all general state revenues derived from taxation, licenses, fees, or from any 22 other source whatsoever, and all institutional and departmental revenues or collections, including income 23 from taxes, licenses, fees, the sale of commodities and services, and income derived from any other 24 departmental or institutional source of activity, must be remitted to the State Treasurer at least once each 25 week, when practical, and must be credited, unless otherwise directed by law, to the General Fund of the 26 State. Each institution, department or agency, in remitting such income to the State Treasurer, shall attach 27 with each such remittance a report or statement, showing in detail the sources itemized according to standard 28 budget classification from which such income was derived, and shall, at the same time, forward a copy of 29 such report or statement to the Comptroller General and the Executive Budget Office. In order to facilitate 30 the immediate deposit of collections, refunds of such collections by state institutions where properly 31 approved by the authorities of same, may be made in accordance with directions from the State Comptroller 32 General and State Treasurer. General fund appropriations herein made for the support of the public school 33 system of the State must be greater than or equal to the revenues derived from the General Retail Sales Tax, 34 the Soft Drinks Tax, and the state’s portion of the Alcoholic Liquors Tax and Cable Television Fees as 35 forecasted in the general fund revenue estimate of the Board of Economic Advisors as accounted for in the 36 Statement of Revenues of this act. Appropriations in this act for the support of the public school system 37 shall include the following: 38 Department of Education; 39 State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; 40 Educational Television Commission; 41 Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School; 42 School for the Deaf and the Blind; 43 John de la Howe School; 44 Debt Service on Capital Improvement Bonds Applicable to 45 Above Agencies; 46 Debt Service on School Bonds; 47 Other School Purposes. 48 Nothing contained herein shall be construed as diminishing the educational funding requirements of this 49 section. 50 117.2. (GP: Appropriations From Funds) Subject to the terms and conditions of this act, the sums of 51 money set forth in this part, if so much is necessary, are appropriated from the General Fund of the State, the 52 Education Improvement Act Fund, the Highways and Public Transportation Fund, and other applicable 53 funds, to meet the ordinary expenses of the state government for Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, and for other 54 purposes specifically designated. PAGE 149 1 117.3. (GP: Fiscal Year Definitions) For purposes of the appropriations made by this part, “current fiscal 2 year” means the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and ending June 30, 2017 2018, and “prior fiscal 3 year” means the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 2016, and ending June 30, 2016 2017. 4 117.4. (GP: Descriptive Proviso Titles) Descriptive proviso titles listed in this act are for purposes of 5 identification only and are not to be considered part of the official text. 6 117.5. (GP: Judicial & Involuntary Commitment, Defense of Indigents) It is the responsibility of all 7 agencies, departments and institutions of state government, to provide at no cost and as a part of the regular 8 services of the agency, department or institutions such services as are necessary to carry out the provisions of 9 Chapter 52, Title 44 (Involuntary Commitment), Article 7, Chapter 17, Title 44 of the 1976 Code (Judicial 10 Commitment), Chapter 3, Title 17 of the 1976 Code (Defense of Indigents), and Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 11 16 of the 1976 Code (Death Penalty), as amended, upon request of the Judicial Department and/or the 12 appropriate court. To this end, state agencies are directed to furnish to the Judicial Department a list of their 13 employees who are competent to serve as court examiners. The Judicial Department shall forward a copy of 14 this list to the appropriate courts, and the courts shall utilize the services of such state employees whenever 15 feasible. State employees shall receive no additional compensation for performing such services. For the 16 purpose of interpreting this section, employees of the Medical University of South Carolina and individuals 17 serving an internship or residency as an academic requirement or employees who are not full-time state 18 employees and who are not performing duties as state employees are not considered state employees. 19 117.6. (GP: Case Service Billing Payments Prior Year) Agencies appropriated case services funds who 20 routinely receive prior year case service billings after the old fiscal year has been officially closed are 21 authorized to pay these case service obligations with current funds. This authorization does not apply to 22 billings on hand that have been through a timely agency payment approval process when the old fiscal year 23 closes. 24 117.7. (GP: Fee Increases) (A) No state agency, department, board, committee, commission, or 25 authority, may increase an existing fee for performing any duty, responsibility, or function unless the fee for 26 performing the particular duty, responsibility, or function is authorized by statutory law and set by regulation 27 except as provided in this paragraph. 28 (B) This paragraph does not apply to: 29 (1) state-supported governmental health care facilities; 30 (2) state-supported schools, colleges, and universities; 31 (3) educational, entertainment, recreational, cultural, and training programs; 32 (4) the State Board of Financial Institutions; 33 (5) sales by state agencies of goods or tangible products produced for or by these agencies; 34 (6) charges by state agencies for room and board provided on state-owned property; 35 (7) application fees for recreational activities sponsored by state agencies and conducted on a draw 36 or lottery basis; 37 (8) court fees or fines levied in a judicial or adjudicatory proceeding; 38 (9) the South Carolina Public Service Authority or the South Carolina Ports Authority. 39 (C) This paragraph does not prohibit a state agency, department, board, committee, or commission from 40 increasing fees for services provided to other state agencies, departments, boards, committees, commissions, 41 political subdivisions, or fees for health care and laboratory services regardless of whether the fee is set by 42 statute. 43 (D) Statutory law for purposes of this paragraph does not include regulations promulgated pursuant to the 44 State Administrative Procedures Act. 45 117.8. (GP: State Institutions - Revenues & Income) The University of South Carolina, Clemson 46 University, the Medical University of South Carolina (including the Medical University Hospital), The 47 Citadel, Winthrop University, South Carolina State University, Francis Marion University, University of 48 Charleston, Lander University, Coastal Carolina University, and the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School shall 49 remit all revenues and income, collected at the respective institutions, to the State Treasurer according to the 50 terms of Section 117.1 of this act, but all such revenues or income so collected, except fees received as 51 regular term tuition, matriculation, and registration, shall be carried in a special continuing account by the 52 State Treasurer, to the credit of the respective institutions, and may be requisitioned by said institutions, in 53 the manner prescribed in Section 11-3-185 of the 1976 Code, and expended to fulfill the purpose for which 54 such fees or income were levied, but no part of such income shall be used for permanent improvements 55 without the express written approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Joint Legislative 56 Capital Bond Review Committee; and it is further required that no such fee or income shall be charged in PAGE 150 1 excess of the amount that is necessary to supply the service, or fulfill the purpose for which such fee or 2 income was charged. Notwithstanding other provisions of this act, funds at state institutions of higher 3 learning derived wholly from athletic or other student contests, from the activities of student organizations, 4 and from the operations of canteens and bookstores, and from approved Private Practice plans at institutions 5 and affiliated agencies may be retained at the institution and expended by the respective institutions only in 6 accord with policies established by the institution’s Board of Trustees. Such funds shall be audited annually 7 by the State but the provisions of this act concerning unclassified personnel compensation, travel, equipment 8 purchases and other purchasing regulations shall not apply to the use of these funds. 9 117.9. (GP: Transfers of Appropriations) Agencies and institutions shall be authorized to transfer 10 appropriations within programs and within the agency with notification to the Executive Budget Office and 11 Comptroller General. No such transfer may exceed twenty percent of the program budget. Upon request, 12 details of such transfers may be provided to members of the General Assembly on an agency by agency 13 basis. Transfers of appropriations from personal service accounts to other operating accounts or from other 14 operating accounts to personal service accounts may be restricted to any established standard level set by the 15 State Fiscal Accountability Authority upon formal approval by a majority of the members of the State Fiscal 16 Accountability Authority. 17 117.10. (GP: Federal Funds - DHEC, DSS, DHHS - Disallowances) Amounts appropriated to the 18 Department of Health and Environmental Control, Department of Social Services and Department of Health 19 and Human Services may be expended to cover program operations of prior fiscal years where adjustment of 20 such prior years are necessary under federal regulations or audit exceptions. All disallowances or notices of 21 disallowances by any federal agency of any costs claimed by these agencies shall be submitted to the State 22 Auditor, the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, within five days of 23 receipt of such actions. 24 117.11. (GP: Fixed Student Fees) During the current fiscal year, student fees at the state institutions of 25 higher learning shall be fixed by the respective Boards of Trustees as follows: 26 (1) Fees applicable to student housing, dining halls, student health service, parking facility, laundries 27 and all other personal subsistence expenses shall be sufficient to fully cover the total direct operating and 28 capital expenses of providing such facilities and services over their expected useful life except those 29 operating or capital expenses related to the removal of asbestos. 30 (2) Student activity fees may be fixed at such rates as the respective Boards shall deem reasonable and 31 necessary. 32 117.12. (GP: Tech Educ. Colleges Student Activity Fees) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 33 act, funds at technical education colleges derived wholly from the activities of student organizations and 34 from the operations of canteens and bookstores may be retained by the college and expended only in accord 35 with policies established by the respective college’s area commission and approved by the State Board for 36 Technical and Comprehensive Education. 37 117.13. (GP: Discrimination Policy) It is the policy of the State of South Carolina to recruit, hire, train, 38 and promote employees without discrimination because of race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion or 39 physical disability. This policy is to apply to all levels and phases of personnel within state government, 40 including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoffs, recalls 41 from layoffs, and educational, social, or recreational programs. It is the policy of the State to take 42 affirmative action to remove the disparate effects of past discrimination, if any, because of race, color, sex, 43 national origin, age, religion or physical disability. 44 Each state agency shall submit to the State Human Affairs Commission employment and filled vacancy 45 data by race and sex by October thirty-first, of each year. 46 In accordance with Section 1-13-110 of the 1976 Code, as amended, the Human Affairs Commission shall 47 submit a report on the status of state agencies’ Affirmative Action Plans and Programs to the General 48 Assembly by February first each year. This report shall contain the total number of persons employed in each 49 job group, by race and sex, at the end of the preceding reporting period, a breakdown by race and sex of 50 those hired or promoted from within the agency during the reporting period, and an indication of whether 51 affirmative action goals were achieved. For each job group referenced in the Human Affairs report, where 52 the hiring of personnel does not reflect the percentage goals established in the agency’s affirmative action 53 plan for the year in question, the state agency shall submit a detailed explanation to the Human Affairs 54 Commission by February fifteenth, explaining why goals were not achieved. 55 The Human Affairs Commission shall review the explanations and notify the Department of 56 Administration of any agency not in satisfactory compliance with meeting its stated goals. PAGE 151 1 The Department of Administration shall notify any agency not in compliance that their request for 2 additional appropriations for the current appropriation cycle, may not be processed until such time as the 3 Department of Administration, after consultation with the Human Affairs Commission, is satisfied that the 4 agency is making a good faith effort to comply with its affirmative action plan, and that the compliance must 5 be accomplished within a reasonable length of time to be determined by the mission and circumstances of the 6 agency. This requirement shall not affect additional appropriation requests for public assistance payments or 7 aid to entities. This section does not apply to those agencies that have been exempted from the reporting 8 requirements of the Human Affairs Commission. 9 117.14. (GP: Personal Service Reconciliation, FTEs FTE Management) In order to provide the 10 necessary control over the number of employees, the Executive Budget Office is hereby directed to maintain 11 close supervision over the number of state employees, and to require specifically the following: 12 (1) That no state agency exceed the total authorized number of full-time equivalent positions and those 13 funded from state sources as provided in each section of this act except by majority vote of the State Fiscal 14 Accountability Authority. 15 (2) That the Executive Budget Office shall maintain and make, as necessary, periodic adjustments 16 thereto, an official record of the total number of authorized full-time equivalent positions by agency for state 17 and total funding sources. 18 (a) That within thirty days of the passage of the Appropriation Act or by August first, whichever 19 comes later, each agency of the State must have established on the Executive Budget Office records all 20 positions authorized in the Act. After that date, the office shall delete any non-established positions 21 immediately from the official record of authorized full-time equivalent positions. No positions shall be 22 established by the office in excess of the total number of authorized full-time equivalent positions. Each 23 agency may, upon notification to the Executive Budget Office, change the funding source of state FTE 24 positions established on the Executive Budget Office records as necessary to expend federal and other 25 sources of personal service funds to conserve or stay within the state appropriated personal service funds. 26 No agency shall change funding sources that will cause the agency to exceed the authorized number of state 27 or total full-time equivalent positions. Each agency may transfer FTEs between programs as needed to 28 accomplish the agency mission. 29 (b) That by September thirtieth, the office shall prepare a personal service FTE analysis, by 30 agency, which shows the number of established authorized, filled, and vacant positions by source of funds 31 for the current and two previously completed fiscal year years and the amount of funds required, by source 32 of funds, to support the FTEs for the fiscal year at a funding level of one hundred percent. The office shall 33 then reconcile each agency’s personal service detail with the agency’s personal service appropriation as 34 contained in the Act adjusted for any pay increases and any other factors necessary to reflect the agency’s 35 personal service funding level. The office shall provide a copy of each agency’s personal service 36 reconciliation FTE analysis to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees. 37 (c) That any position which is shown by the reconciliation to be unfunded or significantly 38 underfunded may be deleted at the direction of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 39 (3) That full-time equivalent (FTE) positions shall be determined under the following guidelines: 40 (a) The annual work hours for each FTE shall be the agency’s full-time standard annual work 41 hours. 42 (b) The state FTE shall be derived by multiplying the state percentage of budgeted funds for each 43 position by the FTE for that position. 44 (c) All institutions of higher education shall use a value of 0.75 FTE for each position determined 45 to be full-time faculty with a duration of nine months. 46 The FTE method of accounting shall be utilized for all authorized positions. 47 (4) That the number of positions authorized in this act shall be reduced in the following circumstances: 48 (a) Upon request by an agency. 49 (b) When anticipated federal funds are not made available. 50 (c) When the Executive Budget Office, through study or analysis, becomes aware of any 51 unjustifiable excess of positions in any state agency. 52 (5) That the Executive Budget Office shall annually reconcile personal service funds with full-time 53 employee count. Unfunded positions will be eliminated no later than January fifteenth of the current fiscal 54 year unless specifically exempted elsewhere in this act or by the Executive Budget Office. The Executive 55 Budget Office must report the full-time employee count and unfunded position status to the Senate Finance 56 Committee and the Ways and Means Committee by February first of the current fiscal year. That the PAGE 152 1 number of positions authorized in this act shall be increased for the sole purpose of classifying Temporary, 2 Time-Limited and Temporary Grant positions created prior to July 1, 2017, that merit such classification as 3 FTEs because the agency has determined that the duties will continue indefinitely. The new FTEs created 4 through this process and filled by existing non-FTE staff shall be exempt from the posting process. 5 Additionally, affected Temporary Grant and Time-Limited employees shall transfer any unused annual and 6 sick leave to their FTE positions. 7 The Division of State Human Resources, in consultation with the Executive Budget Office, shall formulate 8 guidelines for the administration of this item. The request by the agency must include a justification for 9 changing the position, justification of an insufficient vacancy pool, identification of sufficient funds with 10 current appropriations, identification of source of funds to be utilized, and assurance that the FTEs are not 11 being used to create new jobs. The guidelines shall also include a process for submitting requests including 12 a deadline for submission of requests. 13 The Department of Administration shall review the request and approve, deny, or modify it as 14 appropriate. The department shall further ensure that the FTE Constitutional limits are observed. This item 15 in no way requires agencies to submit requests, and does not guarantee any employment status to staff. A 16 report on FTE issuance through this item shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Senate Finance 17 Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee no later than January 6 of the 18 current fiscal year. 19 (6) That no new permanent positions in state government shall be funded by appropriations in acts 20 supplemental to this act but temporary positions may be so funded. 21 (7) That the provisions of this section shall not apply to personnel exempt from the State Classification 22 and Compensation Plan under item I of Section 8-11-260 of the 1976 Code. 23 The Governor, in making his appropriation recommendations to the Ways and Means Committee, must 24 provide that the level of personal service appropriation recommended for each agency is at least ninetyseven 25 percent of the funds required to meet one hundred percent of the funds needed for the full-time equivalents 26 positions recommended by the Governor (exclusive of new positions). 27 117.15. (GP: Allowance for Residences & Compensation Restrictions) That salaries paid to officers and 28 employees of the State, including its several boards, commissions, and institutions shall be in full for all 29 services rendered, and no perquisites of office or of employment shall be allowed in addition thereto, but 30 such perquisites, commodities, services or other benefits shall be charged for at the prevailing local value 31 and without the purpose or effect of increasing the compensation of said officer or employee. The charge for 32 these items may be payroll deducted at the discretion of the Comptroller General or the chief financial officer 33 at each agency maintaining its own payroll system. This shall not apply to the Governor’s Mansion, nor to 34 guards at any of the state’s penal institutions and nurses and attendants at the Department of Disabilities and 35 Special Needs, and registered nurses providing clinical care at the MUSC Medical Center, nor to the 36 Superintendent and staff of John de la Howe School, nor to the cottage parents and staff of Wil Lou Gray 37 Opportunity School, nor to full-time or part-time staff who work after regular working hours in the SLED 38 Communications Center or Maintenance Area, nor to adult staff at the Governor’s School for Science and 39 Mathematics and the Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities who are required to stay on campus by the 40 institution because of job requirements or program participation. Any state institution of higher learning 41 may provide complimentary membership privileges to employees who work at their wellness centers. The 42 presidents of those state institutions of higher learning authorized to provide on-campus residential facilities 43 for students may be permitted to occupy residences on the grounds of such institutions without charge. 44 Any state institution of higher learning may provide a housing allowance to the president in lieu of a 45 residential facility, the amount to be approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 46 That the following may be permitted to occupy residences owned by the respective departments without 47 charge: the Farm Director, Farm Managers, and Specialists employed at the Wateree River Correctional 48 Institution; the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry fire tower operators, forestry aides, and 49 caretaker at central headquarters; the Department of Natural Resources’ Game Management Personnel, Fish 50 Hatchery Personnel, and Fort Johnson Superintendent; the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism 51 field personnel in the State Parks Division; Director of Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School; President of the 52 School for the Deaf and the Blind; houseparents for the Commission for the Blind; South Carolina 53 Department of Health and Environmental Control personnel at the State Park Health Facility and Camp 54 Burnt Gin; Residence Life Coordinators at Lander University; Residence Life Directors, temporary and 55 transition employees, student interns, and emergency personnel at Winthrop University; Farm 56 Superintendent at Winthrop University; Residence Hall Directors at the College of Charleston; the PAGE 153 1 Department of Disabilities and Special Needs’ physicians and other professionals at Whitten Center, 2 Clemson University Off-Campus Agricultural Staff and Housing Area Coordinators; and TriCounty 3 Technical College’s Bridge to Clemson Resident and Area Directors; and housing maintenance night 4 supervisors, residence life directors, temporary and transition employees, and emergency medical personnel 5 occupying residences owned by the University of South Carolina. Except in the case of elected officials, the 6 fair market rental value of any residence furnished to a state employee shall be reported by the state agency 7 furnishing the residence to the Agency Head Salary Commission, and the Department of Administration by 8 October first of each fiscal year. 9 All salaries paid by departments and institutions shall be in accord with a uniform classification and 10 compensation plan, approved by the Department of Administration, applicable to all personnel of the State 11 Government whose compensation is not specifically fixed in this act. Such plan shall include all employees 12 regardless of the source of funds from which payment for personal service is drawn. The Department of 13 Administration is authorized to approve temporary salary adjustments for classified and unclassified 14 employees who perform temporary duties which are limited by time and/or funds. When approved, a 15 temporary salary adjustment shall not be added to an employee’s base salary and shall end when the duties 16 are completed and/or the funds expire. Academic personnel of the institutions of higher learning and other 17 individual or group of positions that cannot practically be covered by the plan may be excluded therefrom 18 but their compensations as approved by the Department of Administration shall, nevertheless, be subject to 19 review by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Salary appropriations for employees fixed in this act 20 shall be in full for all services rendered, and no supplements from other sources shall be permitted or 21 approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. With the exception of travel and subsistence, 22 legislative study committees shall not compensate any person who is otherwise employed as a full-time state 23 employee. Salaries of the heads of all agencies of the State Government shall be specifically fixed in this act 24 and no salary shall be paid any agency head whose salary is not so fixed. As long as there is no impact on 25 appropriated funds, state agencies and institutions shall be allowed to spend public funds and/or other funds 26 for designated employee award programs which shall have written criteria approved by the agency governing 27 board or commission. For purposes of this section, monetary awards, if any, shall not be considered a part of 28 an employee’s base salary, a salary supplement, or a perquisite of employment. The names of all employees 29 receiving monetary awards and the amounts received shall be reported annually to the Department of 30 Administration. 31 In the case of lodging furnished by certain higher education institutions to employees, the prevailing local 32 rate does not apply if the institution meets the exceptions for inadequate rent described in the current Internal 33 Revenue Code Section 119(d)(2). To meet the exception, rental rates must equal the lesser of five percent of 34 the appraised value of the qualified campus lodging, or the average of the rentals paid by individuals (other 35 than employees or students of the educational institution) during the calendar year for lodging provided by 36 the educational institution which is comparable to the qualified campus lodging provided to the employee, 37 over the rent paid by the employee for the qualified campus lodging during the calendar year. The appraised 38 value shall be determined as of the close of the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, or, in the case 39 of a rental period not greater than one year, at any time during the calendar year in which the period begins. 40 117.16. (GP: Universities & Colleges - Allowance for Presidents) Presidents of the University of South 41 Carolina, Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, The Citadel, Winthrop University, 42 South Carolina State University, Francis Marion University, University of Charleston, Coastal Carolina 43 University and Lander University must not be paid a fixed allowance for personal expenses incurred in 44 connection with the performance of their official duties. Reimbursements may be made to the presidents 45 from funds available to their respective institutions for any personal expenses incurred provided that all 46 requests for reimbursement are supported by properly documented vouchers processed through the normal 47 accounting procedures of the institutions. 48 117.17. (GP: Replacement of Personal Property) The Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of 49 Corrections, Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Department of Mental Health, 50 Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Continuum of Care, Department of Social Services and 51 School for the Deaf and the Blind may replace the personal property of an employee which has been 52 damaged or destroyed by a client while in custody of the agency. The replacement of personal property may 53 be made only if the loss has resulted from actions by the employee deemed to be appropriate and in the line 54 of duty by the agency head and if the damaged or destroyed item is found by the agency head to be 55 reasonable in value, and necessary for the employee to carry out the functions and duties of his employment. PAGE 154 1 Replacement of damaged or destroyed items shall not exceed $250 per item, per incident. Each agency must 2 have guidelines to insure the reasonableness of the replacement payments. 3 117.18. (GP: Business Expense Reimbursement) Agency heads and deputy commissioners or deputy 4 directors designated by agency heads may receive reimbursements for business expenses incurred while 5 performing their official duties, provided that receipts are presented when seeking reimbursement and 6 justification is submitted to document the time, place, and purpose of the expense as well as the names of the 7 individuals involved. The Department of Administration shall promulgate regulations governing these 8 expenses. 9 117.19. (GP: Per Diem) The per diem allowance of all boards, commissions and committees shall be at 10 the rate of $35 per day. No fulltime officer or employee of the State shall draw any per diem allowance for 11 service on such boards, commissions or committees. 12 117.20. (GP: Travel - Subsistence Expenses & Mileage) Travel and subsistence expenses, whether paid 13 from state appropriated, federal, local or other funds, shall be allowed in accordance with the following 14 provisions: 15 (A) Unless otherwise provided in paragraphs B through H of this section, all employees of the State of 16 South Carolina or any agency thereof including employees and members of the governing bodies of each 17 technical college while traveling on the business of the State shall, upon presentation of a paid receipt, be 18 allowed reimbursement for actual expenses incurred for lodging, not to exceed the current maximum lodging 19 rates, excluding taxes, established by the U.S. General Services Administration. The lodging reimbursement 20 for employees of a school district must also conform to these rates when that employee’s travel 21 reimbursement is paid by state funds that are transferred to the school district. Agencies may contract with 22 lodging facilities to pay on behalf of an employee. Failure to maintain proper control of direct payments for 23 lodging may result in the revocation of the agency’s authority by the Comptroller General or the State 24 Auditor. The employee shall also be reimbursed for the actual expenses incurred in the obtaining of meals 25 except that such costs shall not exceed $25 per day within the State of South Carolina. For travel outside of 26 South Carolina the maximum daily reimbursement for meals shall not exceed $32. Agencies may contract 27 with food or dining facilities to pay for meals on behalf of employees in accordance with rules and 28 regulations established by the Office of Comptroller General. It shall be the responsibility of the agency 29 head to monitor the charges for lodging which might be claimed by his employees in order to determine that 30 such charges are following maximum lodging rates as established by the U.S. General Services 31 Administration. Any exceptions must have the written approval of the agency head, taking into 32 consideration location, purpose of travel or other extenuating circumstances. The provisions of this item 33 shall not apply to Section 42-3-40 of the 1976 Code, and when pertaining to institutions of higher learning, 34 for travel paid with funds other than General Funds. 35 (B) That employees of the State, when traveling outside the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico upon 36 promotional business for the State of South Carolina shall be entitled to actual expenses for both food and 37 lodging. 38 (C) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Attorney General, 39 State Treasurer, Adjutant General, Superintendent of Education and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall 40 be reimbursed actual expenses for subsistence. 41 (D) Non-legislative members of committees appointed pursuant to Acts and Resolutions of the General 42 Assembly whose membership consists solely of members of the General Assembly or members of the 43 General Assembly and other personnel who are not employees of the State of South Carolina shall be 44 allowed subsistence expenses of $35 per day while traveling on official business, unless otherwise 45 designated by law. Members of such committees may opt to receive actual expenses incurred for lodging 46 and actual expenses incurred in the obtaining of meals in lieu of the allowable subsistence expense. 47 (E) Members of the state boards, commissions, or committees whose duties are not full-time and who are 48 paid on a per diem basis, shall be allowed reimbursement for actual expenses incurred at the rates provided 49 in paragraph A and I of this section while away from their places of residence on official business of the 50 State. One person accompanying a handicapped member of a state board, commission, or committee on 51 official business of the State shall be allowed the same reimbursement for actual expenses incurred at the 52 rates provided in paragraph A through I of this section. 53 (F) No subsistence reimbursement shall be allowed to a Justice of the Supreme Court or Judge of the 54 Court of Appeals while traveling in the county of his official residence. When traveling on official business 55 of said court within fifty miles outside the county of his official residence, a Supreme Court Justice and a 56 Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be allowed subsistence expenses in the amount of $35 per day plus such PAGE 155 1 mileage allowance for travel as is provided for other employees of the State. When traveling on official 2 business of said court fifty or more miles outside the county of his official residence, each Justice and Judge 3 of the Court of Appeals shall be allowed subsistence expenses in the amount as provided in this act for 4 members of the General Assembly plus such mileage allowance for travel as is provided for other employees 5 of the State. The Chief Justice, or such other person as the Chief Justice designates, while attending the 6 Conference of Chief Justices and one member of the Supreme Court while attending the National 7 Convention of Appellate Court Judges, and three Circuit Judges while attending the National Convention of 8 State Trial Judges shall be allowed actual subsistence and travel expenses. 9 Upon approval of the Chief Justice, Supreme Court Justices, Judges of the Court of Appeals, Circuit 10 Judges, and Family Court Judges shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred for all other official 11 business requiring out-of-state expenses at the rate provided in paragraph A of this section. 12 (G) No subsistence reimbursements are allowed to a Circuit Judge, a Family Court Judge, or an 13 Administrative Law Judge while holding court within the county in which he resides. While holding court or 14 on other official business outside the county, within fifty miles of his residence, a Circuit Court Judge, 15 Family Court Judge, or an Administrative Law Judge is entitled to a subsistence allowance in the amount of 16 $35 per day plus such mileage allowance for travel as is provided for other employees of the State. While 17 holding court or on other official business at a location fifty miles or more from his residence, a Circuit 18 Court, Family Court or Administrative Law Judge is entitled to a subsistence allowance in the amount as 19 provided in this act for members of the General Assembly plus such mileage allowance for travel as is 20 provided for other employees of the State. 21 (H) Any retired Justice, Circuit Court Judge or Family Court Judge or Master-in-Equity appointed by the 22 Supreme Court to serve as a Special Circuit Judge, Family Court Judge, Appeals Court Judge, or Acting 23 Associate Justice shall serve without pay but shall receive the same allowance for subsistence, expenses, and 24 mileage as provided in Part I for Circuit Court Judges. 25 (I) No expense shall be allowed an employee either at his place of residence or at the official 26 headquarters of the agency by which he is employed except as provided in paragraph E, of this section. 27 When an employee is assigned to work a particular territory or district, and such territory or district and his 28 official headquarters are in different localities or sections of the State, expenses may be allowed for the 29 necessary travel to his official headquarters. The members of the Workers’ Compensation Commission may 30 be reimbursed at the regular mileage rate of one round trip each week from their respective homes to 31 Columbia. No subsistence reimbursement shall be allowed to a member of the Workers’ Compensation 32 Commission while traveling in the county of his official residence. When traveling on official business of 33 the commission outside the county of his official residence, a member of the Workers’ Compensation 34 Commission shall be allowed subsistence expenses in the amount of $35 per day. When traveling on official 35 business of the commission fifty or more miles outside the county of his official residence, each member 36 shall be allowed a subsistence allowance in the amount as provided in this act for members of the General 37 Assembly. When out-of-state, members of the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the members of the 38 Appellate Panel of the Department of Employment and Workforce may claim the established amount of per 39 diem, as stated in the General Appropriation Act, or actual expenses as deemed reasonable by the 40 Comptroller General. The members of the Appellate Panel of the Department of Employment and 41 Workforce may be reimbursed at the regular mileage rate when the member is on official business fifty miles 42 or more outside of Columbia. The members of the Appellate Panel of the Department of Employment and 43 Workforce shall be allowed subsistence allowance in the amount as provided in this act for members of the 44 General Assembly when the member is on official business fifty miles or more outside of Columbia. 45 (J) When an employee of the State shall use his or her personal automobile in traveling on necessary 46 official business, a charge to equal the standard business mileage rate as established by the Internal Revenue 47 Service will be allowed for the use of such automobile and the employee shall bear the expense of supplies 48 and upkeep thereof. The standard business mileage rate used in this calculation shall be the current rate 49 established by the Internal Revenue Service. Whenever state provided motor pool vehicles are reasonably 50 available and their use is practical and an employee of the State shall request for his own benefit to use his or 51 her personal vehicle in traveling on necessary official business, a charge of four cents per mile less than the 52 standard business mileage rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service will be allocated for the use of 53 such vehicle and the employee shall bear the expense of supplies and upkeep thereof. The standard business 54 mileage rate used in this calculation shall be the current rate established by the Internal Revenue Service. 55 When such travel is by a state-owned automobile, the State shall bear the expense of supplies and upkeep 56 thereof but no mileage will be allowed. Agencies and employees are directed to use state fueling facilities to PAGE 156 1 the maximum extent possible, when such use is cost beneficial to the State. When using commercial fueling 2 facilities, operators of State-owned vehicles are directed to use self-service pumps. In traveling on the 3 business of the State, employees are required to use the most economical mode of transportation, due 4 consideration being given to urgency, schedules and like factors. 5 Mileage between an employee’s home and his/her place of employment is not subject to reimbursement. 6 However, when an employee leaves on a business trip directly from his/her home, and does not go by the 7 employee’s headquarters, the employee shall be eligible for reimbursement for actual mileage beginning at 8 his/her residence. 9 (K) That a state agency may advance travel and subsistence expense monies to employees of that agency 10 for the financing of ordinary and necessary travel required in the conducting of the business of the agency. 11 The Office of Comptroller General is directed to develop and publish rules and regulations pertaining to the 12 advancing of travel expenses and no state agency shall make such advances except under the rules and 13 regulations as published. All advances for travel and subsistence monies shall be repaid to the agency within 14 thirty days after the end of the trip or by July fifteenth, whichever comes first. 15 (L) That the state institutions of higher learning are authorized to reimburse reasonable relocation 16 expenses for new employees when such reimbursements are considered by the agency head to be essential to 17 successful recruitment of professionally competent staff members. 18 (M) The Office of Comptroller General is authorized to promulgate and publish rules and regulations 19 governing travel and subsistence payments. 20 (N) No state funds may be used to purchase first class airline tickets. 21 117.21. (GP: Organizations Receiving State Appropriations Report) Each organization receiving a 22 contribution in this act shall render to the state agency making the contribution by November first of the 23 fiscal year in which funds are received, an accounting of how the state funds will be spent, a copy of the 24 adopted budget for the current year, and also a copy of the organization’s most recent operating financial 25 statement. The funds appropriated in this act for contributions shall not be expended until the required 26 financial statements are filed with the appropriate state agency. No funds in this act shall be disbursed to 27 organizations or purposes which practice discrimination against persons by virtue of race, creed, color or 28 national origin. The State Auditor shall review and audit, if necessary, the financial structure and activities 29 of each organization receiving contributions in this act and make a report to the General Assembly of such 30 review and/or audit, when requested to do so by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 31 117.22. (GP: State-Owned Aircraft - Flight Logs) Each agency having in its custody one or more 32 aircraft shall maintain a continuing log on all flights, which in order to promote accountability and 33 transparency shall be open for public inspection and shall also be posted online. Any and all aircraft owned 34 or operated by agencies of the State Government shall be used only for official business. The Division of 35 Aeronautics and other agencies owning and operating aircraft may furnish transportation to the Governor, 36 Constitutional Officers, members of the General Assembly, members of state boards, commissions, and 37 agencies and their invitees for official business only; no member of the General Assembly, no member of a 38 state board, commission, or committee, and no state official shall use any state-owned or operated aircraft 39 unless the member or official files within twenty-four hours after the completion of the flight with the agency 40 that provided the flight a sworn statement certifying and describing the official nature of his trip; and no 41 member of the General Assembly, no member of a state board, commission or committee, and no state 42 official shall be furnished air transportation by a state agency unless such agency prepares and maintains in 43 its files a sworn statement from the highest ranking official of the agency or its designee certifying that the 44 member’s or state official’s trip was in conjunction with the official business of the agency. Official 45 business shall not include routine transportation to and from meetings of the General Assembly or committee 46 meetings for which mileage is authorized. Official business also does not include attending a press 47 conference, bill signing, or political function. 48 All logs shall be signed by the parties using the flight and the signatures shall be maintained as part of the 49 permanent record of any agency. All passengers shall be listed on the flight log by their legal name; 50 passengers flying with an appropriate official of SLED or the Department of Commerce whose 51 confidentiality must, in the opinion of SLED or the department, be protected shall be listed in writing on the 52 flight log as “Confidential Passenger SLED or the Department of Commerce (strike one)” and the 53 appropriate official of SLED or the department shall certify to the agency operating the aircraft the necessity 54 for such confidentiality. The Division of Aeronautics shall post its flight logs on its website within one 55 working day of completion of trips. PAGE 157 1 Violation of the above provisions of this section is prima facie evidence of a violation of Section 8-13- 2 700(A) of the 1976 Code and shall subject a violating member of the General Assembly to the ethics 3 procedure of his appropriate house and shall subject a violating member of a state board, commission or 4 committee, or a state official to the applicable ethics procedure relating to them as provided by law. The 5 above provisions do not apply to state-owned or operated aircraft when used by the Medical University of 6 South Carolina, nor to aircraft of the athletic department or the educational foundations of any state- 7 supported institution of higher education, nor to law enforcement officers when flying on state-owned 8 aircraft in pursuit of fugitives, missing persons, or felons or for investigation of gang, drug, or other violent 9 crimes. 10 Aircraft owned by agencies of state government shall not be leased to individuals for their personal use. 11 117.23. (GP: Carry Forward) Each agency is authorized to carry forward unspent general fund 12 appropriations from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year, up to a maximum of ten percent of its 13 original general fund appropriations less any appropriation reductions for the current fiscal year. Agencies 14 shall not withhold services in order to carry forward general funds. 15 This provision shall be suspended if necessary to avoid a fiscal yearend general fund deficit. For purposes 16 of this proviso, the amount of the general fund deficit shall be determined after first applying the Capital 17 Reserve Fund provisions in Section 11-11-320(D) of the 1976 Code, and before any transfers from the 18 General Reserve. The amount of general funds needed to avoid a year-end deficit shall be reduced 19 proportionately from each agency’s carry forward amount. 20 Agencies which have separate general fund carry forward authority must exclude the amount carried 21 forward by such separate authority from their base for purposes of calculating the ten percent carry forward 22 authorized herein. Any funds that are carried forward as a result of this provision are not considered part of 23 the base of appropriations for any succeeding years. 24 117.24. (GP: TEFRA-Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) It is the intent of the General Assembly 25 that the State Medicaid Plan be amended to provide benefits for disabled children as allowed by the Tax 26 Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) option. State agencies, including but not limited to, the 27 Department of Social Services - the Continuum of Care, the Department of Health and Environmental 28 Control, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, and the 29 Department of Health and Human Services shall collectively review and identify existing state 30 appropriations within their respective budgets that can be used as state match to serve these children. Such 31 funds shall be used effective January 1, 1995 to implement TEFRA option benefits. Agencies providing 32 services under the provisions of this paragraph must not spend less in the current fiscal year than expended in 33 the previous fiscal year. 34 117.25. (GP: Prison Industries) All agencies funded in this act, when procuring goods and services, shall 35 first consider contracting for services or purchasing goods and services through the Department of 36 Corrections’ Prison Industries Program. The Department of Corrections shall furnish, upon request, to all 37 agencies a catalogue of goods and services provided by Prison Industries. The department is hereby directed 38 to develop and market a catalogue of Prison Industries products for nationwide circulation. 39 117.26. (GP: Travel Report) Annually on November first, the Comptroller General shall issue a report 40 on travel expenditures for the prior fiscal year which shall be distributed to the Senate Finance Committee, 41 the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Statehouse Press Room. The Comptroller General may use 42 up to $500 of general fund appropriations for the purpose of providing copies to the media or the public upon 43 request. The report must contain a listing for every agency receiving an appropriation in the annual General 44 Appropriations Act. The listing must show at a minimum the top ten percent of employees for whom travel 45 expenses and registration fees were paid within each agency, not to exceed twenty-five employees per 46 agency. Agencies should include position titles for each of the top twenty-five travelers for each agency. 47 Expenditures must include state, federal and other sources of funds. Expenditures for in-state and outof-state 48 registration fees (fees to attend conferences, teleconferences, workshops, or seminars for training on a per 49 person basis) must be shown as a separate subtotal within the grand total for the individual employees and 50 the agency as a whole. The list for each agency must be in rank order with the largest expenditure first and 51 the name of the employee must be shown with each amount. Agencies should include a brief summary of 52 the type of travel the agency incurs. The Comptroller General may provide additional information as 53 deemed appropriate. The Comptroller General shall provide no exceptions to this report in that the 54 information contained is not considered confidential or restricted for economic development purposes. 55 However, further disclosure of detailed information shall be restricted as provided for by law. PAGE 158 1 117.27. (GP: School Technology Initiative) From the funds appropriated/authorized for the K-12 2 technology initiative, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Administration, 3 the State Library, the Educational Television Commission, and a representative from the Education 4 Oversight Committee, shall administer the K-12 technology initiative funds. These funds are intended to 5 provide technology, encourage effective use of technology in K-12 public schools throughout the state, 6 conduct cost/benefit analyses of the various technologies, and should, to the maximum extent possible, 7 involve public-private sector collaborative efforts. Funds may also be used to establish pilot projects for new 8 technologies with selected school districts as part of the evaluation process. K-12 technology initiative funds 9 shall be retained and carried forward to be used for the same purpose. 10 117.28. (GP: State-Operated Day Care Facilities Fees) Any state agency receiving funding in this act 11 and any higher education institution, including four-year institutions, two-year institutions, and technical 12 colleges, that operates an early childhood development center or day care facility shall charge, at a minimum, 13 fees that are comparable to those charged by private day care facilities in the local community. The 14 institution or agency shall not restrict enrollment in the center solely to the children of faculty, staff, and 15 students of the institution; nor shall fees be set at a lower level for faculty, staff, or students of the institution 16 or agency. 17 117.29. (GP: Base Budget Analysis) Agencies’ annual accountability reports for the prior fiscal year, as 18 required in Section 11-810, must be accessible to the Governor, Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and 19 Means Committee, and to the public on or before September fifteenth, for the purpose of a zero-base budget 20 analysis and in order to ensure that the Agency Head Salary Commission has the accountability reports for 21 use in a timely manner. Accountability Report guidelines shall require agencies to identify key program area 22 descriptions and expenditures and link these to key financial and performance results measures. The 23 Executive Budget Office is directed to develop a process for training agency leaders on the annual agency 24 accountability report and its use in financial, organizational, and accountability improvement. Until 25 performance-based funding is fully implemented and reported annually, the state supported colleges, 26 universities and technical schools shall report in accordance with Section 59-101-350. 27 117.30. (GP: Collection on Dishonored Payments) In lieu of any other provision of law, any state 28 agency may collect a service charge as provided in Section 34-11-70 to cover the costs associated with the 29 processing and collection of dishonored instruments or electronic payments where any amount is not paid by 30 the drawee due to insufficient funds on deposit with the bank or the person upon which it was drawn when 31 presented, or the instrument has an incorrect or insufficient signature on it. Such funds shall be retained and 32 expended by the agency in accordance with this purpose and any unused amount shall carry forward to the 33 following fiscal year. 34 117.31. (GP: State DNA Database) Funds collected by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, 35 the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon, and Department of Juvenile Justice to process DNA 36 samples must be remitted to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset the expenses incurred to operate 37 the State DNA Database program. SLED may retain, expend, and carry forward these funds. Any carry 38 forward funds resulting from the DNA Database program must be used solely to operate the DNA Database 39 program. 40 117.32. (GP: Voluntary Separation Incentive Program) State agencies may implement, in consultation 41 with the Department of Administration, a program to realign resources to include provisions for a separation 42 incentive payment for employees which may include the employer portion of health and dental benefits not 43 to exceed one year. Employees participating in such program shall not be eligible to participate in the 44 Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive (TERI) program. Employees participating in such program shall 45 be considered to have voluntarily quit their employment without good cause and be subject to the provisions 46 of Section 41-35-120(1) of the South Carolina Employment Security Law. Any program developed under 47 this provision will involve voluntary participation from employees and will be funded within existing 48 appropriations. The program must be approved by the agency head and the Director of the Human 49 Resources Division based on ability to demonstrate recurring cost savings for realignment and/or permanent 50 downsizing. State agencies shall report the prior year’s results to the Department of Administration by 51 August fifteenth, of the current fiscal year. The Department of Administration, upon request, shall report to 52 the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on these results. 53 117.33. (GP: Alternative Commitment to Truancy) As part of its plan for an alternative school, a school 54 district receiving funds from the Department of Education for an alternative school shall identify available 55 alternatives to commitment for children whose truancy is approaching the level of being referred to family 56 court. When proceeding under S.C. Code Section 59-65-50 to bring an individual case before the family PAGE 159 1 court, the school district must present this plan as well as the district’s efforts with respect to the individual 2 child to the court. Each school district’s plan under this proviso shall include possible assignment to 3 alternative school for a non-attending child before petitioning the court. 4 117.34. (GP: Debt Collection Reports) Each state agency shall provide to the Chairmen of the Senate 5 Finance and House of Representatives Ways and Means Committees and the Inspector General a report 6 detailing the amount of its outstanding debt and all methods it has used to collect that debt. This report is 7 due by the last day of February for the previous calendar year. For purposes of this provision, outstanding 8 debt means a sum remaining due and owed to a state agency by a nongovernmental entity for more than sixty 9 calendar days. 10 117.35. (GP: State-Funded Libraries - Web Filters) (A) A library receiving state funds, directly, 11 indirectly, by grant, or otherwise, other than a library at an institution of higher learning, that has computers 12 available for use by the public or students, or both, must equip these computers with software incorporating 13 web-filtering technology designed to eliminate or reduce the ability of the computer to access sites 14 displaying pornographic pictures or text. However, up to ten percent, and at least one, of the library’s 15 computers must be unfiltered. Each library’s governing officials shall determine the physical location of any 16 unfiltered computer(s). The library also must have a written policy providing sanctions against a person who 17 instructs or demonstrates to another person how to bypass this web-filtering technology. 18 (B) State funds intended for a library not in compliance with subsection (A) must be reduced by fifty 19 percent. Funds resulting from this reduction must be distributed among other libraries that are in compliance 20 with subsection (A). 21 117.36. (GP: Tobacco Settlement Funds Carry Forward) State agencies are hereby authorized to retain 22 and carry forward any unexpended Tobacco Settlement Agreement funds from the prior fiscal year into the 23 current fiscal year and to expend such funds for the same purpose. 24 117.37. (GP: Use Tax Exemption) For the current fiscal year there is exempt from the use tax imposed 25 pursuant to Chapter 36, Title 12 of the 1976 Code the sales price of tangible personal property purchased for 26 use in private primary and secondary schools, including kindergartens and early childhood education 27 programs, which are exempt from income taxes pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 28 For the purposes of this item, the Internal Revenue Code means Internal Revenue Code as described in 29 Section 12-6-40 of the 1976 Code. This exemption applies for sales occurring after 1995. No refund is due 30 any taxpayer of use tax paid on sales exempted by this paragraph. 31 117.38. (GP: Personal Property Tax Relief Fund) If the Personal Property Tax Exemption Sales Tax is 32 imposed in a county and a sales tax rate of two percent of gross proceeds of sales is insufficient to offset the 33 property tax not collected, sufficient amounts must be credited to the Trust Fund for Tax Relief established 34 pursuant to Section 11-11-150 of the 1976 Code to provide the reimbursement to offset such a shortfall in the 35 manner provided in Section 4-10-540(A) of the 1976 Code. 36 117.39. (GP: COG Annual Report) Each Council of Government shall submit a report to the Senate 37 Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee by December first each year describing how 38 the funds which they received from the State in the prior fiscal year were expended. 39 117.40. (GP: Department of Administration, OEPP, Veterans Affairs) Of the funds appropriated for the 40 Department of Administration, Office of Executive Policy and Programs, Division of Veterans Affairs, the 41 Director of the Division shall appoint an additional claims representative within the Division of Veterans 42 Affairs, who, in addition to being charged with the duty of assisting all ex-servicemen, regardless of the wars 43 in which their service may have been rendered, in filing, presenting, and prosecuting to final determination 44 all claims which they have for money compensation, hospitalization, training, and insurance benefits under 45 the terms of federal legislation, shall also specialize in the specific needs and diseases associated with 46 veterans of the Vietnam era. The person appointed as a claims representative under this section must be 47 versed in federal legislation relating to these matters and the rules, regulations, and practice of the Veterans 48 Administration as created by Congress and his appointment must be approved by the Governor. 49 Subject to the direction of the director, and in addition to other duties prescribed in this section, the claims 50 representative appointed pursuant to this section may represent the Division of Veterans Affairs on the South 51 Carolina Agent Orange Advisory Council and on the Hepatitis C Coalition established by the South Carolina 52 Department of Health and Environmental Control, assist the Division of Veterans Affairs in carrying out its 53 duties in connection with the Agent Orange Information and Assistance program, represent the director in 54 connection with functions relating to Vietnam veterans, and perform other duties as may be assigned by the 55 director. PAGE 160 1 117.41. (GP: South Carolina Recycling Initiative) To protect the public health and safety, protect and 2 preserve the environment of this State, and to recover resources which have the potential for usefulness in 3 the most environmentally safe, economically feasible and cost effective manner, state agencies shall 4 purchase recycled steel unless the item cannot be acquired competitively at a reasonable price. 5 117.42. (GP: Life and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships Waiver Exemption) Any provision in permanent 6 law or in Part IB, Section 117 of this act, except that which is specified for LIFE and Palmetto Fellows 7 Scholarships, that would require general fund appropriations other than what is specified in Part IA of this 8 act is waived for the current fiscal year. 9 117.43. (GP: Sole Source Procurements) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall evaluate and 10 determine whether the written determinations, explanations, and basis for sole source procurements, pursuant 11 to South Carolina Code Section 11-35-1560, and emergency procurements, pursuant to South Carolina Code 12 Section 11-35-1570, are legitimate and valid reasons for awarding noncompetitive contracts. 13 117.44. (GP: DMV Data) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide access, in compliance with 14 all state and federal privacy protection statues, to the following data and reports without charge to the South 15 Carolina Department of Transportation: 16 (1) all collision data and collision reports; 17 (2) registration information used for toll enforcement; and 18 (3) driver records of employees or prospective employees. 19 117.45. (GP: Parking Fees) State agencies shall not impose additional parking fees or increases in 20 current fees for state employees during the current fiscal year. This provision does not apply to any college 21 or university. 22 117.46. (GP: Facility Rental Fee) The Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Governor’s 23 School for Science and Mathematics, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, and John de la Howe School are 24 authorized to charge, collect, expend and carry forward fees charged for facility and equipment rental and 25 registration. 26 117.47. (GP: Insurance Claims) Any insurance reimbursement to an agency may be used to offset 27 expenses related to the claim. These funds may be retained, expended, and carried forward. 28 117.48. (GP: Organizational Charts) All agencies, departments and institutions of state government shall 29 furnish to the Human Resources Division (1) a current personnel organizational chart annually no later than 30 September first of the current fiscal year, or upon the request of the division and (2) notification of any 31 change to the agency’s organizational structure which impacts an employee’s grievance rights within thirty 32 days of such change. The organizational chart shall be in a form prescribed by the Human Resources 33 Division showing all authorized positions, class title, class code, position number and indications as to 34 whether such positions are filled or vacant. In addition, the organizational chart shall clearly identify those 35 employees who are exempt from the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act. 36 117.49. (GP: Agencies Affected by Restructuring) Upon restructuring of state agencies by the General 37 Assembly the Department of Administration is directed to work with affected State agencies in order to 38 phase-in operations of restructured organizations during the current fiscal year. Restructured organizations 39 should be operating entirely under the revised structure no later than December thirty-first, of the current 40 fiscal year, unless otherwise directed by law. The department is further directed to work with the affected 41 agencies in order to identify and facilitate the transfer of any portion of their operations, including transfer of 42 funds during the current fiscal year, which is affected by the restructured organization adopted by the 43 General Assembly, but which has not already been accomplished herein. Until sufficient changes can be 44 made to the State’s accounting system and the appointment of appropriate agency heads, the Comptroller 45 General and the State Treasurer shall allow those agencies affected by restructuring to continue processing 46 documents within the account structure existing on June thirtieth, of the prior fiscal year. Restructured 47 agencies shall make all the necessary accounting adjustments to complete the transition to the new account 48 structure as soon as possible, but no later than December thirty-first, of the current fiscal year, unless 49 otherwise directed by law. The Executive Budget Office is directed to prepare the subsequent detail budget 50 to conform Part IA and corresponding provisos in this act to any restructuring changes that are ratified. 51 117.50. (GP: Agency Administrative Support Collaboration) It is the intent of the General Assembly 52 that state agencies continue to actively pursue cost savings measures through collaborative efforts and where 53 feasible may combine administrative support functions with other agencies in order to maximize efficiency 54 and effectiveness. 55 117.51. (GP: Assessment Audit / Crime Victim Funds) If the State Auditor finds that any county 56 treasurer, municipal treasurer, county clerk of court, magistrate, or municipal court has not properly allocated PAGE 161 1 revenue generated from court fines, fines, and assessments to the crime victim funds or has not properly 2 expended crime victim funds, pursuant to Sections 14-1-206(B)(D), 14-1-207(B)(D), 14-1-208(B)(D), and 3 141-211(B) of the 1976 Code, the State Auditor shall notify the State Office of Victim Assistance. The State 4 Office of Victim Assistance is authorized to conduct an audit which shall include both a programmatic 5 review and financial audit of any entity or nonprofit organization receiving victim assistance funding based 6 on the referrals from the State Auditor or complaints of a specific nature received by the State Office of 7 Victim Assistance to ensure that crime victim funds are expended in accordance with the law. Guidelines for 8 the expenditure of these funds shall be developed by the Victim Services Coordinating Council. The Victim 9 Services Coordinating Council shall develop these guidelines to ensure any expenditure which meets the 10 parameters of Article 15, Chapter 3, Title 16 is an allowable expenditure. Any local entity or nonprofit 11 organization that receives funding from revenue generated from crime victim funds is required to submit 12 their budget for the expenditure of these funds to the State Office of Victim Assistance within thirty days of 13 the budget’s approval by the governing body of the entity or nonprofit organization. Failure to comply with 14 this provision shall cause the State Office of Victim Assistance to initiate a programmatic review and a 15 financial audit of the entity’s or nonprofit organization’s expenditures of victim assistance funds. 16 Additionally, the State Office of Victim Assistance will place the name of the noncompliant entity or 17 nonprofit organization on their website where it shall remain until such time as they are in compliance with 18 the terms of this proviso. Any entity or nonprofit organization receiving victim assistance funding must 19 cooperate and provide expenditure/program data requested by the State Office of Victim Assistance. If the 20 State Office of Victim Assistance finds an error, the entity or nonprofit organization has ninety days to 21 rectify the error. An error constitutes an entity or nonprofit organization spending victim assistance funding 22 on unauthorized items as determined by the State Office of Victims Assistance. If the entity or nonprofit 23 organization fails to cooperate with the programmatic review and financial audit or to rectify the error within 24 ninety days, the State Office of Victim Assistance shall assess and collect a penalty in the amount of the 25 unauthorized expenditure plus $1,500 against the entity or nonprofit organization for improper 26 expenditures. This penalty plus $1,500 must be paid within thirty days of the notification by the State 27 Office of Victim Assistance to the entity or nonprofit organization that they are in noncompliance with 28 the provisions of this proviso. All penalties received by the State Office of Victim Assistance shall be 29 credited to the General Fund of the State. If the penalty is not received by the State Office of Victim 30 Assistance within thirty days of the notification, the political subdivision will deduct the amount of the 31 penalty from the entity or nonprofit organization’s subsequent fiscal year appropriation. 32 117.52. (GP: H.L. Hunley Museum Location) The General Assembly approves the City of North 33 Charleston as the permanent site of the H.L. Hunley Museum. This approval is contingent upon the 34 negotiation and execution of necessary contracts between the State of South Carolina and the City of North 35 Charleston. The Hunley Commission is directed to expend funds from its account to negotiate and execute 36 contracts on behalf of the State of South Carolina. 37 117.53. (GP: Secure Juvenile Confinement) The Attorney General shall review the interpretation of the 38 current policies of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections regarding secure 39 juvenile confinement that the departments indicate may jeopardize federal grant funds. The departments 40 may not implement any changes to the current policies regarding secure juvenile confinement until the 41 Attorney General considers the departments’ interpretation of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 42 Prevention Act in regard to the secure holding of juveniles for more than six hours in adult detention 43 facilities that also serve as forty-eight-hour juvenile holdover facilities. The Attorney General will determine 44 if the departments’ interpretation is fair and equitable and how the local governments and the Department of 45 Juvenile Justice would be impacted, to include any financial considerations. 46 117.54. (GP: ISCEDC Funding Transfer) The departments of Mental Health, Disabilities and Special 47 Needs, and Juvenile Justice are directed to transfer a total of $1,199,456 in funds to the Department of Social 48 Services for the support of the Interagency System for Caring for Emotionally Disturbed Children. Funding 49 transfers shall be in the following amounts: Department of Mental Health - $595,000, Department of 50 Disabilities and Special Needs - $379,456, and Department of Juvenile Justice - $225,000. The transfer of 51 funds shall be accomplished by September thirtieth of the current fiscal year. 52 117.55. (GP: Employee Bonuses) State agencies and institutions are allowed to spend state, federal, and 53 other sources of revenue to provide selected employees lump sum bonuses, not to exceed three thousand 54 dollars per year, based on objective guidelines established by the Department of Administration. Payment of 55 these bonuses is not a part of the employee’s base salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of 56 employee and employer contributions to respective retirement systems. Employees earning $100,000 or PAGE 162 1 more shall not be eligible to receive bonuses under this provision. The employing agency must report this 2 information on or before August thirty-first of each year and must include the total amount and source of the 3 bonus received by the employee during the preceding fiscal year (July first through June thirtieth). The 4 Human Resources Division of the Department of Administration shall formulate policies and procedures to 5 ensure compliance with the reporting provisions of this proviso. Copies of the reports shall be made 6 available to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 7 Committee, upon request. 8 117.56. (GP: FEMA Flexibility) Any appropriation designated as the state share for a federally declared 9 disaster may be carried forward and used for the same purpose by the Emergency Management Division of 10 the Adjutant General’s Office in the event of additional federally declared disasters. Unallocated funds from 11 established state accounts may be used as the state share in any federally declared disaster. These funds may 12 also be used during a Governor’s state of emergency to augment existing state appropriations of the South 13 Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD). When these funds are used during a Governor’s state 14 of emergency, the allocation of those funds following the event will be determined by the Governor based on 15 the recommendation of the Adjutant General and the Director of the South Carolina Emergency Management 16 Division. 17 In the event there is a federally declared disaster and state match funds are unavailable, the State Fiscal 18 Accountability Authority may borrow from any internal account or accounts necessary to maximize federal 19 matching funds through the Emergency Management Division. Any such borrowing must be reported to the 20 General Assembly within five days. Funds borrowed from accounts shall be replenished by the General 21 Assembly as soon as practicable. 22 117.57. (GP: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prescription Sales and Use Tax Exemption) The effective date 23 of the exemption from sales and use tax of prescription medicines used to prevent respiratory syncytial virus 24 shall be January 1, 1999. No refund of sales and use taxes may be claimed as a result of this provision. 25 117.58. (GP: Year-End Financial Statements - Penalties) Agencies, institutions, and other reporting 26 entities required to submit annual audited financial statements for inclusion in the State’s Comprehensive 27 Annual Financial Report must submit final audited financial statements to the Comptroller General not later 28 than October first fifteenth for those with fiscal year-end June thirtieth. For institutions and reporting entities 29 with fiscal year-ends other than June thirtieth, final audited financial statements must be submitted to the 30 Comptroller General within 120 days of that fiscal year-end. The Comptroller General shall provide a 31 written report of each agency, institution, or other reporting entity not in compliance with this provision to 32 the State Fiscal Accountability Authority by November thirtieth. 33 117.59. (GP: Purchase Card Incentive Rebates) In addition to the Purchase Card Rebate deposited in the 34 general fund, any incentive rebate premium received by an agency from the Purchase Card Program may be 35 retained and used by the agency to support its operations. 36 117.60. (GP: Sex Offender Monitoring and Supervision) The funds appropriated to the Department of 37 Probation, Parole and Pardon Services in Part IA, Section 66, Program II.A.2. for the Sex Offender 38 Monitoring Program and to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Part IA, Section 67, Program III.A. Special 39 Item: Sex Offender Monitoring are to be used and expended only for GPS monitoring programs of the 40 departments. In cases of limited funds, monitoring of “Jessie’s Law” offenders shall take precedence over 41 all other GPS programs of the departments. Funds appropriated for this program may not be used for any 42 other purpose or transferred to any other program. Unexpended funds appropriated for Sex Offender 43 Monitoring may be carried forward and used for the same purpose. The departments are directed to submit a 44 report to the General Assembly by January fifteenth each year accounting for the expenditure of the funds 45 including any carryforward funding; the total costs and per-day costs for equipment, supervision, and 46 monitoring; the total number of staff assigned to the activity and the average agent caseloads; the amount of 47 funds collected from sex offenders for both intensive supervision and electronic monitoring; and the 48 anticipated fiscal needs for the upcoming fiscal year. The report shall also include, but not be limited to, data 49 regarding the number of offenders sentenced to electronic monitoring, including the number sentenced for 50 life; the number of alert notifications received, investigated, and prosecuted; and the number of offenders 51 returned to prison as a result of electronic monitoring violations. 52 117.61. (GP: Viscosupplementation Therapies Sales and Use Tax Exemption) For the current fiscal year 53 only, sales and use taxes on viscosupplementation therapies shall be suspended. No refund or forgiveness of 54 tax may be claimed as a result of this provision. PAGE 163 1 117.62. (GP: CID & PCC Agency Head Salaries) All hiring salaries and salary increases for the agency 2 heads of the Commission on Indigent Defense and the Prosecution Coordination Commission shall be 3 subject to all provisions related to agency heads covered by the Agency Head Salary Commission. 4 117.63. (GP: Prosecutors and Defenders Public Service Incentive Program) The Office of Attorney 5 General, the Prosecution Coordination Commission, and the Commission on Indigent Defense, in 6 consultation with the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation and the Commission on Higher Education, 7 shall develop and implement a Prosecutors and Defenders Public Service Incentive Program for attorneys 8 employed by the Office of Attorney General, the Prosecution Coordination Commission, the Commission on 9 Indigent Defense, a Circuit Solicitor’s Office or a county Public Defender’s Office. 10 After more than three years of continuous service as a full-time attorney with any of these entities, 11 qualifying attorneys may be reimbursed up to $1,000 for payments made in the prior calendar year on 12 outstanding law school loans. Reimbursements for law school loan payments may be increased by up to 13 $1,000 for each additional year of continuous service; however, such reimbursements shall not exceed 14 $5,000 in any year. The amount of law school loan payment reimbursement in any calendar year shall not 15 exceed the amount of principal and interest paid on the loan in the prior calendar year. Reimbursements 16 under the program may continue until all outstanding law school loans are satisfied; however, such 17 reimbursements shall not exceed $40,000 per qualifying attorney. Reimbursements shall be adjusted if 18 necessary so as not to exceed appropriations for the program. 19 The Prosecutors and Defenders Public Service Incentive Program must be administered by the South 20 Carolina Student Loan Corporation, which shall pay for the cost of administration within the funds 21 appropriated. 22 The Office of Attorney General, the Prosecution Coordination Commission, and the Commission on 23 Indigent Defense shall each compile a report that includes, but is not limited to, the number of applicants and 24 the impact of the program on attracting and retaining attorneys. The Student Loan Corporation shall compile 25 a report that includes, but is not limited to, the cost of administering the program as well as the amount of 26 reimbursements per agency or entity. Such reports shall be submitted to the Senate Finance Committee and 27 the House Ways and Means Committee by September first each fiscal year. 28 Unexpended program funds from the prior fiscal year may be carried forward into the current fiscal year to 29 be used for the same purpose. 30 117.64. (GP: Attorney Dues) Agencies and offices of the State of South Carolina that employ attorneys 31 are authorized, if they so decide, to use other appropriated funds, including General Fund carry forward 32 funds, to pay the costs of mandatory dues owed to the South Carolina Bar Association. 33 117.65. (GP: Healthcare Employee Recruitment and Retention) The Department of Corrections, 34 Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Health and Environmental Control, 35 Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Mental Health, 36 Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School are allowed to spend state, 37 federal, and other sources of revenue to provide lump sum bonuses to aid in recruiting and retaining 38 healthcare workers in critical needs healthcare jobs based on objective guidelines established by the 39 Department of Administration. The employee bonus amount shall be approved by the State Human 40 Resources Director and shall not exceed $10,000 per year. Payment of these bonuses is not a part of the 41 employee’s base salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of employee and employer 42 contributions to respective retirement systems. 43 These agencies may also provide paid educational leave for any employees in an FTE position to attend 44 class while enrolled in healthcare degree programs that are related to the agency’s mission. All such leave is 45 at the agency head’s discretion. 46 These agencies may enter into an agreement with Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Nurses employed in 47 those positions to repay them for their outstanding student loans associated with completion of a healthcare 48 degree. The employee must be employed in a critical needs area, which would be identified at the agency 49 head’s discretion. Critical needs areas could include rural areas, areas with high turnover, or where the 50 agency has experienced recruiting difficulties. Agencies may pay these employees up to twenty percent or 51 $7,500, whichever is less, of their outstanding student loan each year over a five-year period. Payments will 52 be made directly to the employee at the end of each year of employment. The agency will be responsible for 53 verifying the principle balance of the employee’s student loan prior to issuing payments. 54 Employees of these agencies working on a practicum or required clinical experience towards completion 55 of a healthcare degree may be allowed to complete these requirements at their state agency or another state PAGE 164 1 agency at the discretion of the agency head. This field placement at another state agency may be considered 2 work time for participating employees. 3 These agencies are also authorized to allow tuition reimbursement from a maximum of ten credit hours per 4 semester; allow probationary employees to participate in tuition programs; and provide tuition prepayment 5 instead of tuition reimbursement for employees willing to pursue a degree in a healthcare program. An 6 agency may pay up to fifty percent of an employee’s tuition through tuition prepayment. The remaining 7 tuition could be reimbursed to the employee after successful completion of the class. 8 117.66. (GP: Governor’s Budget Certification) The annual Executive Budget proposed by the Governor 9 must be certified by the Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office or his designee in the same 10 manner as the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee versions of the budget bill are 11 certified. 12 117.67. (GP: Sexually Violent Predator Program) After the Department of Mental Health obtains all 13 necessary project approvals, the Department of Corrections may utilize inmate labor to perform any portion 14 of the construction of an addition to the Edisto Unit at the Broad River Correctional Institution, which houses 15 the Department of Mental Health’s Sexually Violent Predator Treatment Program, such addition to be used 16 for additional treatment space and staff offices. For purposes of this project, the Department of Corrections 17 may exceed the $350,000 limit on projects for which it may use inmate labor. 18 117.68. (GP: Voluntary Furlough) Agency heads may institute a voluntary employee furlough program 19 of not more than ninety days per fiscal year. During this voluntary furlough, the state employees shall be 20 entitled to participate in the same state benefits as otherwise available to them except for receiving their 21 salaries. As to those benefits which require employer and employee contributions, the state agencies, 22 institutions and departments will be responsible for making both employer and employee contributions if 23 coverage would otherwise be interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only employee 24 contributions, the employee remains solely responsible for making those contributions. In the event an 25 agency’s reduction is due solely to the General Assembly transferring or deleting a program, this provision 26 does not apply. 27 117.69. (GP: Governor’s Security Detail) The State Law Enforcement Division, the Department of 28 Public Safety, and the Department of Natural Resources shall provide a security detail to the Governor in a 29 manner agreed to by the State Law Enforcement Division, the Department of Public Safety, the Department 30 of Natural Resources, and the Office of Governor. Reimbursement to the State Law Enforcement Division, 31 the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of Natural Resources to offset the cost of the security 32 detail for the Governor shall be made in an amount agreed to by the State Law Enforcement Division, the 33 Department of Public Safety, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Office of Governor from funds 34 appropriated to the Office of Governor for this purpose. Law enforcement officers assigned to security detail 35 for the Governor shall only perform services related to security and shall not provide any unrelated service 36 during the assignment. 37 117.70. (GP: Reduction in Force Antidiscrimination) In the event of a reduction in force implemented 38 by a state agency or institution, the state agency or institution must comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights 39 Act of 1964 or any other applicable federal or state antidiscrimination laws. 40 117.71. (GP: Reduction in Force/Agency Head Furlough) In the event a reduction in force is 41 implemented by a state agency or institution of higher learning, the agency head shall be required to take five 42 days furlough in the current fiscal year. If more than one reduction in force plan is implemented in a fiscal 43 year, the mandatory agency head furlough is only required for the initial plan. The agency head will retain 44 all responsibilities and authority during the furlough. All monies saved from this furlough may be retained 45 by that agency and expended at the discretion of the agency head. During this furlough, the agency head 46 shall be entitled to participate in the same state benefits as otherwise available to them except for receiving 47 their salaries. As to those benefits which require employer and employee contributions, the state agency will 48 be responsible for making both employer and employee contributions if coverage would otherwise be 49 interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only employee contributions, the agency head remains 50 solely responsible for making those contributions. 51 Placement of an agency head on furlough under this provision does not constitute a grievance or appeal 52 under the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act. In the event the reduction for the state agency or 53 institution of higher learning is due solely to the General Assembly transferring or deleting a program, this 54 provision does not apply. Agencies may allocate the agency head’s reduction in pay over the balance of the 55 fiscal year for payroll purposes regardless of the pay period within which the furlough occurs. The 56 Department of Administration shall promulgate guidelines and policies, as necessary, to implement the PAGE 165 1 provisions of this proviso. State agencies shall report information regarding furloughs to the Department of 2 Administration. 3 For purposes of this provision, agency head includes the president of a technical college as defined by 4 Section 59-103-5 of the 1976 Code. 5 The agency head of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall not be required to 6 take this mandatory furlough based solely on the implementation of a reduction in force plan by a technical 7 college. 8 An agency head shall not be required to take this mandatory furlough based solely on reductions in force 9 implemented as a result of federal budget cuts or reorganization to accomplish organizational efficiencies. 10 117.72. (GP: Printed Report Requirements) (A) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, state supported 11 institutions of higher learning shall not be required to submit printed reports mandated by Sections 2-47-40, 12 24750, and 59-103-110 of the 1976 Code, and shall instead only submit the documents electronically. 13 Submission of the plans or reports required by Sections 59101-350, 59-103-30, 59-103-45(4), and 59-103- 14 160(D) shall be waived for the current fiscal year, except institutions of higher learning must continue to 15 report student pass rates on professional examinations, and data elements otherwise required for the 16 Commission on Higher Education Management Information System. The commission, in consultation with 17 institutions, shall take further action to reduce data reporting burdens as possible. 18 (B) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Department of Agriculture shall not be required to submit 19 printed reports mandated by Section 46-49-10 of the 1976 Code. The department shall provide these reports 20 electronically and shall use any monetary savings for K5-12 agricultural education programs. 21 (C) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Department of Health and Human Services shall not be 22 required to provide printed copies of the Medicaid Annual Report required pursuant to Section 44-6-80 of 23 the 1976 Code and shall instead only submit the documents electronically. 24 (D) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Department of Transportation shall not be required to submit 25 printed reports or publications mandated by Sections 1-11-58, 2-47-55, and 58-17-1450 of the 1976 Code. 26 The Department of Transportation may combine their Annual Report and Mass Transit Report into their 27 Annual Accountability Report. 28 117.73. (GP: IMD Operations) All funds received by the Department of Education, the Department of 29 Juvenile Justice, the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, the Department of Mental Health, the 30 Department of Social Services, and the Department of Administration, Office of Executive Policy and 31 Programs-Continuum of Care as State child placing agencies for the Institution for Mental Diseases 32 Transition Plan (IMD) of the discontinued behavioral health services in group homes and child caring 33 institutions, as described in the Children’s Behavioral Health Services Manual Section 2, dated 7/01/06, shall 34 be applied only for out of home placement in providers which operate Department of Social Services or 35 Department of Health and Environmental Control licensed institutional, residential, or treatment programs. 36 An The Department of Health and Human Services shall produce an annual report by each state child 37 placing agency shall be made on the on Medicaid-funded out-of-home placements and associated 38 expenditures of all IMD transition funds and which shall be provided to the Chairman of the Senate Finance 39 Committee, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Governor no later than November 40 first each year. The Department of Health and Human Services shall review the numbers of out of home 41 placements by type and by agency each year and make recommendations to the General Assembly. 42 117.74. (GP: Fines and Fees Report) In order to promote accountability and transparency, each state 43 agency must provide and release to the public via the agency’s website, a report of all aggregate amounts of 44 fines and fees that were charged and collected by that state agency in the prior fiscal year. The report shall 45 include, but not be limited to: (1) the code section, regulation, or proviso that authorized the fines and fees to 46 be charged, collected, or received; (2) the amount of the fine or fee; (3) the amount received by source; (4) 47 the purpose for which the funds were expended by the agency; (5) the amount of funds transferred to the 48 general fund, if applicable, and the authority by which the transfer took place; and (6) the amount of funds 49 transferred to another entity, if applicable, and the authority by which the transfer took place, as well as the 50 name of the entity to which the funds were transferred. The report must be posted online by September first. 51 Additionally, the report must be delivered to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the 52 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by September first. Funds appropriated to and/or 53 authorized for use by each state agency shall be used to accomplish this directive. 54 117.75. (GP: Mandatory Furlough) In a fiscal year in which the general funds appropriated for a state 55 agency are less than the general funds appropriated for that agency in the prior fiscal year, or whenever the 56 General Assembly or the Executive Budget Office implements a midyear across-the-board budget reduction, PAGE 166 1 and agency heads institute a mandatory employee furlough program, in determining which employees must 2 participate in the program, agency heads should give consideration to furloughs for contract employees, post- 3 TERI employees, and TERI employees before other employees. Employees which make a salary of under 4 $40,000 shall not be furloughed. During this mandatory furlough, the state employees shall be entitled to 5 participate in the same state benefits as otherwise available to them except for receiving their salaries. As to 6 those benefits which require employer and employee contributions, the state agencies, institutions, and 7 departments will be responsible for making both employer and employee contributions if coverage would 8 otherwise be interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only employee contributions, the employee 9 remains solely responsible for making those contributions. In the event an agency’s reduction is due solely 10 to the General Assembly transferring or deleting a program, this provision does not apply. 11 117.76. (GP: Reduction In Force) In a fiscal year in which the general funds appropriated for a state 12 agency are less than the general funds appropriated for that agency in the prior fiscal year, or whenever the 13 General Assembly or the Executive Budget Office implements a midyear across-the-board budget reduction, 14 and agency heads must make reductions in force, agency heads should give consideration to reductions of 15 contract employees, post-TERI employees, and TERI employees before other employees. In the event an 16 agency’s reduction is due solely to the General Assembly transferring or deleting a program, this provision 17 does not apply. 18 117.77. (GP: Cost Savings When Filling Vacancies Created by Retirements) During the current fiscal 19 year, whenever classified FTEs become vacant because of employee retirements, it is the intent of the 20 General Assembly that state agencies should realize personnel costs savings of at least twenty-five percent in 21 the aggregate when managing these vacant positions. Prior to filling a classified FTE which has become 22 vacant because of a retirement, an agency must review and determine the appropriate salary for the position 23 as well as determine whether the agency can manage without filling the position or by delay in filling the 24 position. Prior to filling the vacant FTE, agencies must follow all laws and regulations concerning posting 25 and competitive solicitation and consideration of applicants. No agency shall enter into any agreement with 26 any employee that violates the terms of this proviso. 27 117.78. (GP: Information Technology for Health Care) From the funds appropriated and awarded to the 28 South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Information Technology for 29 Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, the department shall advance the use of health information 30 technology and health information exchange to improve quality and efficiency of health care and to decrease 31 the costs of health care. In order to facilitate the qualification of Medicare and/or Medicaid eligible 32 providers and hospitals for incentive payments for meaningful health information technology (HIT) use, a 33 health care organization participating in the South Carolina Health Information Exchange (SCHIEx) or a 34 Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) or a hospital system health information exchange (HIE) 35 that participates in SCHIEx may release patient records and medical information, including the results of any 36 laboratory or other tests ordered or requested by an authorized health care provider within the scope of his or 37 her license or practice act, to another health information organization that requests the information via a HIE 38 for treatment purposes with or without express written consent or authorization from the patient. A health 39 information organization that receives or views this information from a patient’s electronic health record or 40 incorporates this information into the health information organization’s electronic medical record for the 41 patient in providing treatment is considered an authorized person for purposes of 42 C.F.R. 493.2 and the 42 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. 43 117.79. (GP: Broadband Spectrum Lease) The General Assembly must approve any exercise of the 44 Middle Band Segment Channel recapture provisions contained in the Educational Broadband Service 45 Spectrum Lease Agreements if the exercise of the recapture provisions would result in a decrease in 46 payments received by the State. The Educational Television Commission assumes management and 47 administration of the lease and receives lease payments directly. The Educational Television Commission 48 shall retain and expend funds received pursuant to the lease for agency operations. The commission shall be 49 authorized to carry forward unexpended funds from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. In the 50 event of a default by the current lease holder, the Educational Television Commission is authorized to use 51 contingent funds up until such time as a new lease can be negotiated by the State and the Educational 52 Television Commission. 53 117.80. (GP: Reduction in Compensation) For the current fiscal year, no state agency or political 54 subdivision of this state may decrease the compensation of an employee, including dismissal, suspension, or 55 demotion, solely because the employee gave sworn testimony regarding alleged wrongdoing to a standing PAGE 167 1 committee, subcommittee of a standing committee, or study committee of the Senate or the House of 2 Representatives. This proviso shall apply regardless of when the alleged wrongdoing occurred. 3 117.81. (GP: Deficit Monitoring) It is the responsibility of each state agency, department, and institution 4 to operate within the limits of its authorized appropriations. All agencies, departments, and institutions are to 5 budget, allocate and manage its authorized appropriations in a way to avoid an operating deficit for the fiscal 6 year. 7 If at the end of each quarterly deficit monitoring review by the Executive Budget Office, it is determined 8 by either the Executive Budget Office or a state agency, department, or institution that the likelihood of a 9 deficit for the current fiscal year exists, the state agency shall notify the General Assembly within fifteen 10 days of this determination and shall further request the Executive Budget Office to work with it to develop a 11 plan to avoid the deficit. Within fifteen days of the deficit avoidance plan being completed, the Executive 12 Budget Office shall either request the General Assembly to recognize the deficit if it determines the deficit 13 avoidance plan will not be sufficient to avoid a deficit or notify the General Assembly of how the deficit will 14 be avoided based on the deficit avoidance plan if the Executive Budget Office determines the plan will be 15 sufficient to avoid a deficit. 16 Upon notification from the Executive Budget Office that an agency will run a deficit and requesting that it 17 be recognized, the General Assembly, by joint resolution, may make a finding that the cause of, or likelihood 18 of, a deficit is unavoidable due to factors which are outside the control of the state agency, department, or 19 institution, and recognize the deficit. Any legislation to recognize a deficit must be in a separate joint 20 resolution enacted for the sole purpose of recognizing the deficit of a particular state agency, department, or 21 institution. A deficit may only be recognized by an affirmative vote of each branch of the General 22 Assembly. 23 If the General Assembly recognizes the deficit, then the actual deficit at the close of the fiscal year must 24 be reduced as necessary from surplus revenues or surplus funds available at the close of the fiscal year in 25 which the deficit occurs and from funds available in the General Reserve Fund and the Capital Reserve 26 Fund, as required by the Constitution of this State. 27 Once a deficit has been recognized by the General Assembly, the state agency, department, or institution 28 shall limit travel and conference attendance to that which is deemed essential by the director of the agency, 29 department, or institution. In addition, the General Assembly, when recognizing a deficit may direct that any 30 pay increases and purchases of equipment and vehicles must be approved by the Executive Budget Office. 31 117.82. (GP: Commuting Costs) State government employees who use a permanently assigned agency 32 or state-owned vehicle to commute from their permanently assigned work location to and from the 33 employee’s home must reimburse the agency in which they are employed for commuting use in accordance 34 with IRS regulations based on guidance from the Office of Comptroller General which must use the Cents 35 per mile Rule, unless they are exempted from such reimbursement by applicable IRS regulations. These 36 permanently assigned vehicles must be clearly marked as a state or agency vehicle through the use of 37 permanent state-government license plates and either state or agency seal decals unless the vehicle is used 38 primarily in undercover operations. This requirement does not apply to a vehicle used by an employee for 39 the purpose of a special travel assignment, for active certified law enforcement officers authorized to carry 40 firearms, execute warrants, and make arrests, for Constitutional Officers, or for Department of 41 Transportation employees on call for emergency maintenance. 42 117.83. (GP: Bank Account Transparency and Accountability) Each state agency, except state 43 institutions of higher learning, which has composite reservoir bank accounts or any other accounts containing 44 public funds which are not included in the Comptroller General’s South Carolina Enterprise Information 45 System shall prepare a report for each account disclosing every transaction of the account in the prior fiscal 46 year. The report shall be submitted to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority by October first of each 47 fiscal year. The report shall include the name(s) and title(s) of each person authorized to sign checks or 48 make withdrawals from each account, the name and title of each person responsible for reconciling each 49 account, the beginning and year-end balance of funds in each account, and data related to both deposits and 50 expenditures of each account. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the date, amount, and source of 51 each deposit transaction and the date, name of the payee, the transaction amount, and a description of the 52 goods or services purchased for each expenditure transaction. To facilitate review, the State Fiscal 53 Accountability Authority shall prescribe a common format for the report which agencies must use. In order 54 to promote accountability and transparency, a link to the report shall be posted on the Comptroller General’s 55 website as well as the agency’s homepage. PAGE 168 1 When the State Auditor conducts or contracts for an audit of a state agency, accounts of the agency subject 2 to this proviso must be included as part of the review. 3 If an agency determines that the release of the information required in this provision would be detrimental 4 to the state or the agency, the agency may petition the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to grant the 5 agency an exemption from the reporting requirements for the detrimental portion. The meeting to determine 6 whether an exemption should be granted shall be closed. However, the exemption may only be granted upon 7 a majority vote of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority in a public meeting. 8 117.84. (GP: Websites) All agencies, departments, and institutions of state government shall be 9 responsible for providing on its Internet website a link to the Internet website of any agency, other than the 10 individual agency, department, or institution, that posts on its Internet website that agency, department, or 11 institution’s monthly state procurement card statements or monthly reports containing all or substantially all 12 the same information contained in the monthly state procurement card statements. The link must be to the 13 specific webpage or section on the website of the agency where the state procurement card information for 14 the state agency, department, or institution can be found. The information posted may not contain the state 15 procurement card number. Any information that is expressly prohibited from public disclosure by federal or 16 state law or regulation must be redacted from any posting required by this section. 17 117.85. (GP: Regulations) For the current fiscal year, if a state agency proposes a regulation that levies 18 or increases a fee, fine, or that otherwise generates revenues, the title to the Joint Resolution which proposes 19 the regulation must indicate that a fee, fine, or revenue source is being proposed. 20 117.86. (GP: Joint Children’s Committee) For the current fiscal year, the Department of Revenue is 21 directed to reduce the rate of interest paid on eligible refunds by one percentage point. Of the revenue 22 resulting from this reduction, $300,000 shall be transferred to the Senate for the Joint Citizens and 23 Legislative Committee on Children to provide the report, research, and other operating expenses as directed 24 in Section 63-1-50 of the 1976 Code. Funds transferred to the University of South Carolina for the Joint 25 Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children shall be maintained in a separate and distinct account. A 26 detailed report of all expenditures shall be made to the Executive Budget Office within thirty days of the 27 close each fiscal quarter, and the Executive Budget Office shall distribute this information to the Chairman 28 of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The 29 remaining revenue resulting from this reduction shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice to 30 be used for mentoring or alternatives to incarceration programs. Unexpended funds authorized by this 31 provision may be retained and carried forward by the Senate or the Department of Juvenile Justice, 32 respectively, and used for the same purposes. The rate of reduction authorized in this provision shall be in 33 addition to the reduction authorized in Proviso 93.7. 34 117.87. (GP: Civil Conspiracy Defense Costs) For the current fiscal year, for any claim that has not 35 reached a judgment, if a state or local government employee or former state or local government employee 36 (“government employee”) is personally sued for civil conspiracy based in part upon a personnel or 37 employment action or decision regarding an employee, the court must, prior to trial, make a final 38 determination whether the action or decision giving rise to the suit was made by the government employee 39 within the scope of their official duty. If the court finds that the government employee was acting outside 40 the scope of the employee’s official duties, the government shall not thereafter expend any funds to pay or 41 defend the claim. If the court finds the government employee was acting within the scope of their official 42 duties, the employee is immune from suit, liability, and damages with respect to the civil conspiracy claim. 43 The government may only expend funds to defend the claim if the determination is that the employee was 44 acting within the scope of their official duties. Nothing in this proviso prevents an insurance provider from 45 defending and paying, respectively, any claims that the provider has contractually agreed to defend and pay. 46 117.88. (GP: Recovery Audits) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall contract with one or 47 more firms to conduct recovery audits of payments made by all state agencies to vendors for goods and 48 services. The audits must be designed to detect, document, and recover overpayments and erroneous 49 payments to the vendors and to recommend improved financial and operational practices and procedures. A 50 state agency shall pay, from recovered monies received, the recovery audit firm responsible for obtaining for 51 the agency a reimbursement or payment from a vendor a negotiated fee not to exceed twenty percent of the 52 funds recovered by that firm. 53 Unless otherwise restricted by law, funds recovered, less the cost of recovery, shall be remitted to a special 54 fund subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Agencies may recover costs that are documented to 55 be directly related to implementation of this provision. PAGE 169 1 Recovery audits apply only to payments made more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date the 2 audit is initiated and shall cover at least three complete fiscal years. 3 All information provided under a contract must be treated as confidential by the recovery audit firm. A 4 violation of this provision shall result in the forfeiture by the firm of all compensation under the contract and 5 to the same sanctions and penalties that would apply to that disclosure. 6 Each state agency shall participate in this recovery audit program and shall cooperate and provide the 7 recovery audit firm with all information necessary for the audit in a timely manner. All vendors that provide 8 goods or services to a state agency shall cooperate with the recovery audit firm in its audit. 9 A state agency shall expend or return to the federal government any federal money that is recovered 10 through a recovery audit conducted under this provision. Payments to the recovery audit firm from the 11 federal share of recovered funds shall be solely from the federal portion as allowed by the federal agency. 12 In addition to performing the recovery audits, the recovery audit firm may conduct an analysis of contracts 13 and pricing structures, as determined and directed by the Executive Director of the State Fiscal 14 Accountability Authority or her or his designee, to identify and recommend future cost-savings and 15 improved state agency financial operations going forward. A state agency shall pay the recovery audit firm 16 responsible for obtaining the agency actual cost-savings a fee as authorized by the contract with the recovery 17 audit firm. 18 The recovery audit firm shall provide reports to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority detailing its 19 findings, the causes for the overpayments and erroneous payments, future cost-savings opportunities and its 20 recommendations for strengthening state operations and/or state contracts to prevent improper payments in 21 the future. 22 For purposes of this proviso, the term “vendor” or “vendors” includes, but is not limited to, sellers, 23 suppliers, service providers, other providers, contractors and third party administrators; the term 24 “overpayments and erroneous payments” includes, but is not limited to, overpayments, duplicate payments, 25 erroneous payments, and rebates, discounts and credits not received; and the term “state agency” or “state 26 agencies” includes all state agencies, boards, commissions, institutions and institutions of higher education. 27 The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall provide copies, including electronic form copies, of final 28 reports received from a firm under contract to: the Governor; the Chairman of the Senate Finance 29 Committee; the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; and the state auditor’s office. Not later 30 than January first of each year, the board shall issue a report to the General Assembly summarizing the 31 contents of all reports received under this provision during the prior fiscal year. 32 117.89. (GP: Funds Transfer to ETV) In the current fiscal year funds appropriated in Part IA to the 33 Department of Administration Section 93 for Legislative and Public Affairs Coverage and Emergency 34 Communications Backbone and to the Law Enforcement Training Council in Section 64 for State and Local 35 Training of Law Enforcement, City and County municipal training services must be transferred to the 36 Educational Television Commission (ETV) during July 2016 2017 for the continuation of services as 37 provided in the prior fiscal year. 38 117.90. (GP: Opt Out of Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) If federal law permits, the 39 State of South Carolina opts out of the following provisions in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable 40 Care Act (Public Law 111-148): 41 (1) Subtitles A through C of Title I (and the amendments made by such subtitles), except for Sections 42 1253 and 1254; 43 (2) Parts I, II, III, and V of subtitle D of Title I (and the amendments made by such parts); 44 (3) Part I of subtitle E of Title I (and the amendments made by such part); 45 (4) Subtitle F of Title I (and the amendments made by such subtitle); 46 (5) Sections 2001 through 2006 (and the amendments made by such sections); and 47 (6) Sections 10101 through 10107 (and the amendments made by such sections). 48 117.91. (GP: Means Test) All agencies providing Healthcare Services are directed to identify standards 49 and criteria for means testing on all programs provided, where allowed by Federal guidelines. Once a 50 consistent criteria has been established within an agency, they shall implement their respective plans. Each 51 agency shall report all criteria and fiscal data to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and to the 52 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee no later than January first. 53 117.92. (GP: Agency Reduction Management) The General Assembly encourages state agencies, in the 54 event agencies are assessed a base reduction, to endeavor to realize savings through: (1) payroll 55 management, including, but not limited to, furloughs, reductions in employee compensation, and instituting a PAGE 170 1 hiring freeze; (2) eliminate administrative overhead cost that does not directly impact the agency’s mission; 2 and as a final option (3) reductions to programmatic funding. 3 117.93. (GP: WIA Service Advertising) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the Workforce Investment 4 Boards may promote outreach for their services via billboard, bus placard, newspapers, or radio in all 5 workforce investment areas. This outreach may not be limited to email, online, or other internet-based 6 outreach, publicity, or other promotions. Workforce investment boards must adhere to all state procurement 7 policies and procedures when utilizing outreach for the services provided by the Workforce Investment Act. 8 117.94. (GP: WIA Training Marketability Evaluation) (A) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the 9 Department of Employment and Workforce shall submit a report that demonstrates how funds were 10 expended in the prior fiscal year to provide marketable work skills training. The report shall include, but not 11 be limited to the total number of local training recipients, a description of the training area in which each 12 recipient participated, and the number and percentage of participants in each training area that, upon 13 completion of training, have become employed in the field in which they were trained. The report shall be 14 submitted to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Labor, Commerce 15 and Industry Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the 16 House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee on or before November sixteenth. 17 (B) Also, the report must specifically describe any restructuring or realignment of agency functions, and 18 any changes in staffing levels or service. The report must detail information on employees terminated, hired, 19 re-hired, reassigned, or reclassified by program area and location. Further, the report must describe efforts 20 made by the agency to reassign or retrain employees who were terminated for positions for which the 21 department hired new employees. 22 117.95. (GP: Victims Assistance Transfer) The Department of Corrections shall transfer $20,500 each 23 month to the Department of Public Safety for distribution through the State Victims Assistance Program. 24 117.96. (GP: DOC & PPP Potential Consolidation Plan) From the funds appropriated to the Department 25 of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the directors of the departments 26 may collaborate and develop a plan to consolidate the functions of the departments. 27 117.97. (GP: USC Greenville Medical School) It is the intent of the General Assembly that during the 28 current fiscal year, no general funds shall be appropriated for the new medical school at the University of 29 South Carolina in Greenville. In addition, no state funds may be transferred from state earmarked or 30 restricted funds held by the University of South Carolina to the medical school except for grants, 31 contributions, contractual payments, and tuition and required fees for students attending the new medical 32 school at the University of South Carolina in Greenville that are specifically designated for the medical 33 school at the University of South Carolina in Greenville. 34 117.98. (GP: First Steps-BabyNet Quarterly Reports) In addition to the statutory duties assigned to 35 South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees; the board shall ensure the state’s 36 compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Act, Part C and the First Steps’ full implementation of 37 recommendations contained in the 2011 audit report of the LAC regarding the BabyNet Program. First Steps 38 shall submit any necessary statutory changes to the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works 39 Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and any budget recommendations in the 40 agency’s budget request as submitted to the Governor. Until completion, First Steps shall post on its’ 41 website a quarterly report on the timelines of its progress in implementing the recommendations of the LAC. 42 The Board of Trustees will be kept informed monthly of all activities related to this requirement and those 43 progress reports must be recorded in the minutes for each meeting of the Board of Trustees. When First 44 Steps has implemented all of the recommendations enumerated above, a final report shall be submitted to the 45 Board of Trustees for its’ adoption. Upon approval by the Board of Trustees, the final report shall be 46 published on First Steps’ homepage. First Steps to School Readiness, the School for the Deaf and Blind, the 47 Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, the Department of Health and Human Services, the 48 Department of Mental Health and the Department of Social Services shall each provide on a common 49 template developed by the agencies, a quarterly report to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means 50 Committee and the Chairman of Senate Finance outlining all programs provided by them for BabyNet; all 51 federal funds received and expended on BabyNet and all state funds expended on BabyNet. Each entity and 52 agency shall report on its share of the state’s ongoing maintenance of effort as defined by the US Department 53 of Education under IDEA Part C. 54 117.99. (GP: Single Audit Schedule of Federal Expenditures) To ensure timely completion of the of the 55 Statewide Single Audit, state agencies which do not receive a separate audit of federal expenditures, must PAGE 171 1 submit to the Office of the State Auditor a schedule of federal program expenditures in a format prescribed 2 by the Office of the State Auditor, no later than August fifteenth of each year. 3 117.100. (GP: Prohibits Local Government Fund Public Funded Lobbyists) All local governmental 4 entities including, but not limited to, counties, municipalities, and associations are prohibited from using 5 taxpayer funds received from the Local Government Fund to compensate employees for lobbying activities 6 engaged in on behalf of such governmental entity. 7 117.101. (GP: School Construction Development Impact Fee Assessment Prohibition) Governmental 8 entities are prohibited from assessing South Carolina Development Impact Fees on the construction of new 9 elementary, middle, or secondary schools. If a governmental entity violates this prohibition it shall have its 10 Aid to Subdivisions Allocation reduced by the amount of the impact fee. 11 117.102. (GP: Prohibit Use of State Aircraft for Athletic Recruitment) Institutions of higher learning may 12 use the state aircraft operated by the Division of Aeronautics for the purpose of athletic recruiting, provided 13 that they reimburse the Division of Aeronautics for all flight hours on an at cost basis, using non-general 14 funds. 15 To ensure availability of the aircraft for purposes of economic development, the Department of Commerce 16 shall have first right of refusal in the event of scheduling conflicts with athletic recruiting flights. 17 117.103. (GP: Recreational Activities) Two counties that receive an allocation from the Local 18 Government Fund may enter into a Memorandum of Understanding in order to provide recreational activities 19 and projects that benefit the citizens of both counties. 20 117.104. (GP: Technology and Remediation) The funds appropriated to the Department of 21 Administration for the Division of Information Security shall be used to develop and implement a statewide 22 information security program. A portion of the nonrecurring funds may be used for enterprise technology 23 and remediation, and distributed to state agencies to address the State’s most serious information security 24 vulnerabilities as determined by the Division of Information Security and the Division of Technology 25 Operations. Funds appropriated for Enterprise Technology and Remediation shall be excluded from the 26 Department of Administration’s base budget calculation of any across-the-board agency base reduction 27 mandated by the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly. Unexpended Enterprise Technology 28 and Remediation funds may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year and used for the same purpose. 29 117.105. (GP: Donation of Alcoholic Liquors) In the current fiscal year, a wholesaler may donate beer, 30 wine, and alcoholic liquors to a nonprofit organization that has a license, including a temporary license, to 31 serve the applicable beverage. This provision only applies if the event hosted by the nonprofit organization 32 creates an economic impact on State revenues. 33 117.106. (GP: Data Breach Notification) (A) An agency of this State owning or licensing computerized 34 data or other data that includes personal identifying information shall disclose any breach of the security of 35 the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any resident of this 36 State whose personal identifying information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an 37 unauthorized person. In determining whether information has been acquired, or is reasonably believed to 38 have been acquired, by an unauthorized person or a person without valid authorization, the agency may 39 consider the following factors, among others: 40 (1) indications that the information is in the physical possession and control of an unauthorized 41 person, such as a lost or stolen computer or other device containing information; 42 (2) indications that the information has been viewed, downloaded, or copied; or 43 (3) indications that the information was used by an unauthorized person, such as fraudulent 44 accounts opened or instances of reported identity theft. 45 (B) An agency maintaining computerized data or other data that includes personal identifying information 46 that the agency does not own shall notify the owner or licensee of the information of a breach of the security 47 of the data immediately following discovery, if the personal identifying information was, or is reasonably 48 believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. 49 (C) The disclosure requirements of subsections (A) and (B) must be made in the most expedient time 50 possible and without unreasonable delay; however, the notification required by this section may be delayed if 51 a law enforcement agency determines that the notification impedes a criminal investigation and must be 52 made after the law enforcement agency determines that it no longer compromises the investigation. A delay 53 in notification shall not exceed seventy-two hours after discovery, unless the agency requests and the 54 attorney general grants, in writing, additional delays of up to seventy-two hours each upon a determination 55 that such notification impedes a criminal investigation. 56 (D) For purposes of this section: PAGE 172 1 (1) “Agency” means any agency, department, board, commission, committee, or institution of 2 higher learning of the State or a political subdivision of it. 3 (2) “Breach of the security of the system” means unauthorized access to and acquisition of 4 computerized data that was not rendered unusable through encryption, redaction, or other methods that 5 compromise the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal identifying information maintained by the 6 agency, when illegal use of the information has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur or use of the 7 information creates a material risk of harm to the consumer. Good faith acquisition of personal identifying 8 information by an employee or agent of the agency for the purposes of the agency is not a breach of the 9 security of the system if the personal identifying information is not used or subject to further unauthorized 10 disclosure. 11 (3) “Consumer reporting agency” means any person which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a 12 cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating 13 consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer 14 reports to third parties, and which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of 15 preparing or furnishing consumer reports. A list of consumer reporting agencies shall be compiled by the 16 Department of Consumer Affairs and furnished upon request to the agency required to make a notification 17 under this section. 18 (4) “Personal identifying information” means the first name or first initial and last name in 19 combination with and linked to any one or more of the following data elements that relate to a resident of 20 this State, when the data elements are neither encrypted nor redacted or when the data elements are 21 encrypted with an encryption key and the encryption key that has also been acquired: 22 (a) social security number; 23 (b) driver’s license number or state identification card number issued instead of a driver’s 24 license; 25 (c) financial account number, or credit card or debit card number in combination with any 26 required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a resident’s financial account; 27 or 28 (d) other numbers or information which may be used to access a person’s financial 29 accounts or numbers or information issued by a governmental or regulatory entity that uniquely will identify 30 an individual. 31 The term does not include information that is lawfully obtained from publicly available information, or 32 from federal, state, or local government records lawfully made available to the general public. 33 (E) The notice required by this section may be provided by: 34 (1) written notice; 35 (2) electronic notice, if the agency’s primary method of communication with the individual is by 36 electronic means, the person to whom notice is required has expressly consented to receiving said notice in 37 electronic form, or is consistent with the provisions regarding electronic records and signatures set forth in 38 Section 7001 of Title 15 USC and Chapter 6, Title 26 of the 1976 Code; 39 (3) telephonic notice; or 40 (4) substitute notice, if the agency demonstrates that the cost of providing notice exceeds two 41 hundred fifty thousand dollars or that the affected class of subject persons to be notified exceeds five 42 hundred thousand or the agency has insufficient contact information. Substitute notice consists of: 43 (a) e-mail notice when the agency has an e-mail address for the subject persons; 44 (b) conspicuous posting of the notice on the agency’s website page, if the agency 45 maintains one; or 46 (c) notification to major statewide media. 47 Regardless of the method by which notice is provided, such notice shall include contact information for 48 the agency making the notification and a description of the categories of information that were, or are 49 reasonably believed to have been, acquired by a person without valid authorization, including specification 50 of which of the elements of personal information and private information were, or are reasonably believed to 51 have been, so acquired. 52 (F) A resident of this State who is injured by a violation of this section, in addition to and cumulative of 53 all other rights and remedies available at law, may: 54 (1) institute a civil action to recover damages; 55 (2) seek an injunction to enforce compliance; and 56 (3) recover attorney’s fees and court costs, if successful. PAGE 173 1 (G) An agency that knowingly and willfully violates this section is subject to an administrative fine up to 2 one thousand dollars for each resident whose information was accessible by reason of the breach, the amount 3 to be decided by the Department of Consumer Affairs. 4 (H) If the agency provides notice to more than one thousand persons at one time pursuant to this section, 5 the agency shall notify, without unreasonable delay, the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of 6 Consumer Affairs and all consumer reporting agencies that compile and maintain files on a nationwide basis, 7 as defined in 15 USC Section 1681a(p), of the timing, distribution, and content of the notice. 8 117.107. (GP: State Ports Authority Property) If the State Ports Authority has not completed the sale of 9 its real property on Daniel Island and Thomas (St. Thomas) Island, except for the dredge disposal cells that 10 are needed in connection with the construction of the North Charleston terminal on the Charleston Naval 11 Complex and for harbor deepening and for channel and berth maintenance, by June 30, 2017 2018, the 12 authority must transfer the property to the Department of Administration. The authority shall sell the real 13 property under terms and conditions it considers most advantageous to the authority and the State of South 14 Carolina. 15 117.108 (GP: Remittance of Court Fee and Fine Money) County and city treasurers are required to remit 16 to the State Treasurer set percentages of revenues generated by assessments imposed by 14-1-206(A), 14-1- 17 207(A), 14-1-208(A). This remittance is required on a monthly basis by the 15th day of each month. 18 Should a county and/or city treasurer fail to make the required remittance, the SC Criminal Justice 19 Academy shall cease providing services to all law enforcement officers of all law enforcement agencies 20 encompassed within the political subdivision if they have failed to make remittance for two consecutive 21 months in a fiscal year. The finance director shall certify by July first, under oath, that the county and/or city 22 has remitted all funds or the SC Criminal Justice Academy shall withhold services until such time as 23 remittance is made. 24 117.109. (GP: Detailed Expenditure/Revenue Reports PCC/CID) The Prosecution Coordination 25 Commission and the Commission on Indigent Defense shall provide detailed expenditure reports and 26 associated revenue streams for each individual circuit, revenue streams shall include, but not be limited to, 27 state funds, local funds, Federal funds, and also nongovernmental sources of funds, by no later than 28 September first, on the prior fiscal year, to the appropriate commission. The commissions shall than provide 29 the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 30 with a combined report by September fifteenth of the current fiscal year. 31 117.110. (GP: South Carolina Welcome Centers) The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and 32 the Department of Transportation shall maintain a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides that 33 the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall control operations of all South Carolina Welcome 34 Centers. The MOU shall include replacement, renovation and maintenance of the facilities, daily operations, 35 and grounds maintenance and upkeep and shall clearly define responsibility for additional portions of 36 Welcome Centers to include paving and sidewalks. The Department of Transportation shall transfer to the 37 Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism the amount of $3,313,560 less any state funds appropriated by 38 the General Assembly for the same purpose. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism assumes 39 responsibility for this amount and the timing of the transfer of these funds shall be defined as part of the 40 MOU. The funds transferred to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall be placed in a 41 separate and distinct fund and these funds shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current 42 fiscal year and be expended for the same purposes. 43 117.111. (GP: Continuation of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project Accountability) Qualifying 44 organizations applying for General Funds provided as a special item in this act and titled Continuation of 45 Teen Pregnancy Prevention must include in its application a proposed annual budget and agreement to 46 provide quarterly reports to the grantor state agency detailing the expenditure of funds and the project’s 47 accomplishments which shall include: 48 (1) Financial: 49 (a) Personnel costs, including employer contributions, by position for each of the following 50 areas: administration, training, and education, as well as for other positions as identified; 51 (b) Operational costs identified in the application; 52 (c) One-time costs over $500 for such items as supplies; 53 Administration costs may not exceed ten percent of the total project budget. For purposes of this 54 provision, “Administration” is defined as expenses other than educational. 55 (2) Description of program and curriculum to be used; 56 (3) Description of training; PAGE 174 1 (4) Schedule and brief description of project activities for each quarter; 2 (5) Participation reports on the following: 3 (a) Number of persons who participated; 4 (b) Total number of hours provided; 5 (c) Number of train the trainer events; 6 (d) Other data regarding the activities of the project; 7 (6) Description of the project evaluation to be used; 8 (7) Copy of latest completed independent financial audit and agency’s response to any audit 9 exceptions; 10 (8) Qualifications of project personnel; 11 (9) Best Practices to be used; and 12 (10) Evidence Based Curriculum. 13 An organization awarded a grant must provide these quarterly reports to the grantor state agency within 14 fifteen days of the end of each quarter. Grantees failing to submit reports with thirty days of the end of each 15 quarter shall have their grant terminated. 16 Unexpended funds for Continuation of Teen Pregnancy Prevention projects under the Department of 17 Social Services or under the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall be carried forward for 18 the purpose of fulfilling the department’s contractual agreement. 19 117.112. (GP: Charleston & Dorchester County Sound Barriers) From the funds authorized to the 20 Department of Transportation, the department shall take the appropriate measures to allow the counties of 21 Charleston and Dorchester to construct sound barriers in the department’s easements along Interstate 26 22 within the borders of Charleston County and along Dorchester Road within Dorchester County, provided, no 23 funds appropriated or authorized in Part IA to the Department of Transportation, any other section of this act, 24 any Federal Funds, unless otherwise agreed to by the local Metropolitan Planning Organization or Council or 25 Governments for use of a portion of their annual federal allocation, or any Other Funds, shall be used in the 26 construction of the sound barriers, and only local dollars shall be used in the construction of sound barriers. 27 The sound barriers must meet the state and federal noise abatement guidelines and must be constructed to 28 meet any and all state and federal regulations. Consistent with the requirements of Section 57-25-190 (E) of 29 the 1976 Code, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, including construction by a local government in a 30 state right of way, the owner of a legally erected and maintained billboard shall have the option to relocate 31 such billboard sign to another location as close as practicable to the sign being relocated or adjust the height 32 or angle of the billboard sign to a height or angle that restores the visibility of the billboard sign to the same 33 or comparable visibility as before construction of a sound barrier. Costs for re-location or alteration of a 34 billboard due to sound barrier installation by a local government in a state right of way shall be paid by the 35 local government. The provisions of Section 39-14-10 et seq. of the 1976 Code will apply regarding any 36 compensation to be paid by local governments for billboard signs which cannot be relocated or altered. 37 117.113. (GP: Information Technology and Information Security Plans) (A) By October 1, 2016 August 38 1 of the current fiscal year, all state agencies must submit an information technology plan and an information 39 security plan for Fiscal Year 2016-17 to the Department of Administration. State agencies must submit 40 updates to their plans if there are changes following initial submission. Changes that would necessitate an 41 updated plan include, but are not limited to, changes in response to technological advancements, changes in 42 legislation, regulation or compliance requirements, newly identified funding sources, or new issues relating 43 to information technology management or business requirements. 44 The information technology plans required by this section shall be in the form and level of detail 45 required by the department and shall include at least: (1) the information technology objectives of the state 46 agency; (2) an inventory of the state agency’s information technology; (3) any performance measures used 47 by the state agency for implementing its information technology objectives; (4) how the state agency’s 48 development of information technology coordinates with other governmental entities; (5) the state agency’s 49 budget plans for information technology for the coming fiscal year which must include: (a) all fixed, 50 recurring information technology costs, regardless of funding sources; (b) new information technology 51 expenditures for services, hardware upgrades/replacements and software purchases, regardless of funding 52 sources; (c) new information technology projects, regardless of funding sources; and (d) FTE counts, 53 temporary personnel counts, and salary information and position descriptions for all information technology 54 personnel, regardless of funding sources; and (6) the state agency’s need for appropriations for information 55 technology. PAGE 175 1 The information security plans required by this section shall be in the form and level of detail required 2 by the division and shall include at least: (1) the information security objectives of the state agency; (2) an 3 inventory of the state agency’s information security technology; (3) a profile of the state agency’s 4 compliance with security policies established by the division; (4) a profile of the state agency’s sensitive data 5 and a description of applicable state and federal privacy requirements; (5) a profile of risk management and 6 other measures taken by the state agency to protect its data from unauthorized access and disclosure; (6) the 7 state agency’s budget plans for information security for the coming fiscal year which must include: (a) all 8 fixed, recurring information security technology costs, regardless of funding sources; (b) new information 9 security expenditures for services hardware upgrades/replacements and software purchases, regardless of 10 funding sources; (c) new information security projects, regardless of funding sources; and (d) FTE counts, 11 temporary personnel counts, and salary information and position descriptions for all information security 12 personnel, regardless of funding sources; and (7) the state agency’s need for appropriations for information 13 security. 14 (B) The director of the Department of Administration should seek advice from private and public sector 15 resources on the efficient use of information technology and best practices. 16 (C) The Judicial Department, Legislative Department, public institutions of higher learning, technical 17 colleges, political subdivisions and quasi-governmental bodies are specifically exempt from the requirements 18 as provided in this proviso. 19 117.114. (GP: SCOIS Transfer) For Fiscal Year 2016-17 the current fiscal year, the South Carolina 20 Occupational Information System, its authority and responsibilities shall continue to be transferred from the 21 Department of Employment and Workforce to the Department of Education. 22 117.115. (GP: PEBA Fiduciary Audit) For the current fiscal year, the provisions of Section 9-4-40 23 requiring the Inspector General to employ a private audit firm to perform the fiduciary audit on the Public 24 Employee Benefit Authority as required by Section 9-4-40 of the 1976 Code shall be suspended. 25 117.116. (GP: Employee Compensation) The amounts appropriated to F300-Statewide Employee 26 Benefits for Employee Pay Increases must be allocated by the Department of Administration, Executive 27 Budget Office to the various state agencies to provide for employee pay increases in accordance with the 28 following plan: 29 (1) With respect to classified and non-judge judicial classified employees, effective on the first pay 30 date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, the compensation of all classified employees 31 shall be increased by 3.25% zero percent. 32 (2) With respect to unclassified and non-judge judicial unclassified employees or unclassified 33 executive compensation system employees not elsewhere covered in this act, effective on the first pay date 34 that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year the compensation of all unclassified employees 35 shall be increased by 3.25% zero percent. Any employee subject to the provisions of this paragraph shall not 36 be eligible for compensation increases provided in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6. 37 (3) Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, agency 38 heads not covered by the Agency Head Salary Commission, shall receive an annualized base pay increase of 39 3.25% zero percent. 40 (4) With respect to local health care providers compensation increases shall be 3.25% zero percent 41 effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year. With respect to Area 42 Agencies on Aging funded by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging, compensation shall be increased 43 by 3.25% zero percent effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal 44 year. With respect to local councils on aging or local providers of services funded by the Lieutenant 45 Governor’s Office on Aging through Area Agencies on Aging, no pay increases will be allowed. School Bus 46 Driver salary and fringe funding to school districts shall be increased by 3.25% zero percent. 47 (5) Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, the Chief 48 Justice and other judicial officers shall receive an annualized base pay increase of 3.25% zero percent. 49 (6) Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, county 50 auditors and county treasurers shall receive an annualized base pay increase of 3.25% zero percent. 51 (7) For Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Executive Budget Office is directed to review Executive Branch 52 agencies to determine whether their budgets warrant an other fund authorization increase due to the 3.25% 53 zero percent compensation increase for all full-time employees. If so warranted, the Executive Budget Office 54 shall work with the Office of the Comptroller General to increase such authorization for the affected 55 agencies. PAGE 176 1 The Department of Administration shall allocate associated compensation increases for retirement 2 employer contributions based on the retirement rate of the retirement system in which individual employees 3 participate. 4 The Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to use excess 5 appropriations for the current fiscal year designated for statewide employer contributions for other statewide 6 purposes. At the discretion of the Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, such 7 action may be considered a permanent transfer into the receiving agency’s base budget. 8 Funds appropriated in Part IA, F300, Section 106, Statewide Employee Benefits may be carried forward 9 from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year. 10 117.117. (GP: Child Fatality Review) The agencies specified shall implement the following 11 recommendations contained in the Legislative Audit Council’s October 2014 report “A Review of Child 12 Welfare Services at the Department of Social Services”: 13 (1) Annually, the Department of Social Services and the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee 14 shall jointly report statistics on child deaths from maltreatment and the number of those with prior 15 Department of Social Services involvement; 16 (2) The Department of Social Services and the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee shall use their 17 child fatality review findings to make recommendations to revise Department of Social Services policy or 18 practice where appropriate; 19 (3) The Department of Social Services shall ensure that it includes child fatality statistics from all 20 relevant sources when reporting to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System. These sources shall 21 include, but not be limited to, law enforcement agencies and the Department of Health and Environmental 22 Control; 23 (4) The State Law Enforcement Division and the Department of Health and Environmental Control 24 shall establish a system for cross checking child fatalities in the state to ensure that all fatalities are being 25 properly reported to the State Law Enforcement Division; 26 (5) The State Law Enforcement Division and the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee shall 27 review the training provided to coroners on the reporting of child fatalities to ensure that information is 28 provided on which fatalities are to be reported and what procedure is to be followed for reporting the 29 fatalities; 30 (6) The Department of Public Safety shall report statistics on all child fatalities to the State Child 31 Fatality Advisory Committee; and 32 (7) The State Child Fatality Advisory Committee shall evaluate the feasibility of adopting the Child 33 Death Review Case Reporting System developed by the National Center for the Review and Prevention of 34 Child Deaths and shall submit a report on their findings to the General Assembly by December 1, 2016. 35 Pursuant to Section 63-11-1930 (E) of the 1976 Code, the director of each agency specified in this 36 provision shall ensure that sufficient staff and administrative support is provided to the State Child Fatality 37 Advisory Committee to accomplish the requirements of this provision. 38 117.118. (GP: Refugee Resettlement Program) No state funds shall be expended to assist in the United 39 States Refugee Resettlement Program unless the county council of the county where the resettlement is to 40 occur approves the relocation. 41 117.119. (GP: First Steps Reauthorization) Act 99 of 1999, the South Carolina First Steps to School 42 Readiness Act, as amended by Act 287 of 2014 is reauthorized for the duration of Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017- 43 18. 44 117.120. (GP: Family Planning Funds) (A) Notwithstanding any other law, federal family planning 45 funds and state family planning funds shall be awarded to eligible individuals, organizations, or entities 46 applying to be family planning contractors in the following order of descending priority: 47 (1) public entities that provide family planning services, including state, county, and local 48 community health clinics and federally qualified health centers; 49 (2) nonpublic entities that provide comprehensive primary and preventive health services, as 50 described in 42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A), in addition to family planning services; and 51 (3) nonpublic entities that provide family planning services but do not provide comprehensive 52 primary and preventive health services. 53 (B) Family planning funds must be distributed in compliance with federal law to ensure distribution in a 54 manner that does not severely limit or eliminate access to family planning services in any region of the State. 55 (C) Any department, agency, board, commission, office, or other instrumentality of the State that 56 distributes family planning funds shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly listing any family PAGE 177 1 planning contractors that fall under item (A)(3), and the amount of federal or state family planning funds 2 they received. The report shall provide a detailed explanation of how it was determined that there were an 3 insufficient number of eligible individuals, organizations, or entities in items (A)(1) and (A)(2) to prevent a 4 significant reduction in family planning services in each region of the State where (A)(3) contractors are 5 located. 6 117.121. (GP: Statewide Strategic Information Technology Plan Implementation) To ensure the uniform 7 implementation of the Statewide Strategic Information Technology Plan developed pursuant to the 8 Restructuring Act of 2014 and designed to improve the State’s ability to provide reliable, secure, cost- 9 efficient, and innovative information technology services and infrastructure, state agencies are directed as 10 follows: 11 (1) Agencies shall use the shared services from the Department of Administration, Division of 12 Technology Operations as those services become available and in a sequence to be determined by the 13 division. Agencies shall coordinate with the division to accomplish a strategic transition to the shared 14 services environment. Shared services include, but are not limited to, mainframe services, application 15 hosting, servers, storage, network services, desktop services, and disaster recovery services. The State Chief 16 Information Officer may grant an exception, to be revisited on a periodic basis, if the division determines 17 that it cannot immediately satisfy the technical or security capabilities required to support the agency in 18 question; 19 (2) With regard to information technology governance, standards, and enterprise architecture, agencies 20 shall comply with the rules, standards, plans, policies, and directives of the Division of Technology 21 Operations; 22 (3) With regard to information technology governance, standards, and enterprise architecture, agencies 23 shall participate and comply with decisions determined by the information technology governance advisory 24 groups. 25 (4) With regard to the annual Appropriations Act budget submission, agencies shall submit all 26 information technology budget requests to the Executive Budget Office and the Division of Technology 27 Operations. The Executive Budget Office and the Division of Technology Operations shall jointly review 28 the budget requests and recommend for funding consideration only those proposals that fit into the overall 29 Statewide Strategic Information Technology Plan. 30 (5) With the consultation and approval of the Division of Technology Operations, agencies must create 31 an information technology plan for purchases that exceed $50,000 to ensure compliance with the Statewide 32 Strategic Information Technology Plan and the standards defined by the division. 33 (6) Agencies shall develop a three-year strategic plan for information technology, updated annually, 34 for the Division of Technology Operations, that shall be approved by the Chief Information Officer, that sets 35 forth: (a) operational and project priorities; (b) budget summaries; (c) planned projects and procurements; 36 (d) staffing plans; (e) security initiatives; and (f) risks, issues, and concerns with the agency’s information 37 technology. 38 (7) Agencies shall enter information technology costs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information 39 System (SCEIS) as directed by the Division of Technology Operations and SCEIS. 40 The Department of Administration shall provide a report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance 41 Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee regarding agency compliance no 42 later than December thirty-first of each calendar year. 43 The Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, public institutions of higher learning, technical colleges, 44 political subdivisions and quasi-governmental bodies are specifically exempt from the requirements as 45 provided in this provision. 46 117.122. (GP: County Transportation Committee Road Program Supplement) The South Carolina 47 Transportation Infrastructure Bank shall transfer the $50,000,000 appropriated by Act 92 of 2015 to the 48 Department of Transportation. The department shall distribute these funds to the County Transportation 49 Committee Road Program pursuant to Section 12-28-2740 of the 1976 Code. County Transportation 50 Committees shall utilize the funds distributed pursuant to this proviso solely for use on the state-owned 51 highway system for paving, rehabilitation, resurfacing, and/or reconstruction, and bridge repair, replacement, 52 or reconstruction. No funds from this allocation shall be used for any road, bridge, or highway that is not 53 part of the state owned system. 54 Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this provision may be carried forward and expended for the 55 same purposes. PAGE 178 1 117.123. (GP: Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee Reauthorization) The Sentencing Reform 2 Oversight Committee established by Chapter 28 of Title 24 of the 1976 Code is reauthorized for Fiscal Year 3 2016-17 the current fiscal year, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24-28-20(c). Four members shall 4 be added to the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee. Two shall be members of the House of 5 Representatives, one appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by the Chairman of the Ways 6 and Means Committee. Two shall be members of the Senate, one appointed by the President Pro Tempore of 7 the Senate and one appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. 8 117.124. (GP: State Employee Leave Donation) In the event of a medical emergency, a state employee 9 may make a written request to the employing agency that a specified number of hours of his accrued annual 10 and/or sick leave be transferred from his annual and/or sick leave account to a specific leave recipient rather 11 than to a leave pool account, subject to the approval of the agency director. An employee with less than 12 fifteen days in his sick leave account may not transfer any sick leave to the recipient, and an employee with 13 more than fifteen days in his sick leave account may transfer sick leave to the recipient if he retains a 14 minimum of fifteen days in his own sick leave account. Once leave of an employee has been transferred to 15 the recipient, it may not be restored or returned to the leave donor. For purposes of this provision, a medical 16 emergency is defined under IRS Revenue Ruling 90-29 as a medical condition of the employee or a family 17 member that will require the prolonged absence of the employee from duty and will result in a substantial 18 loss of income to the employee because the employee will have exhausted all paid leave available apart from 19 the leave-sharing plan. 20 117.125. (GP: Endowed Chairs Funding) The Endowed Chairs Program funds that have been set aside 21 for “Commerce Awards” shall be transferred by the Commission on Higher Education to the Department of 22 Commerce’s Applied Research Centers by August 1, 2016. 23 117.126. (GP: State Engineer) The State Engineer is an office located within the State Fiscal 24 Accountability Authority, all references to the contrary notwithstanding. 25 117.127. (GP: South Carolina State University Debt Fund Balance) On or before July 31, 2016, the 26 Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall transfer to South Carolina State 27 University any remaining fund balance related to the debt incurred by the university from the April 30, 2014 28 loan to the university by the Budget and Control Board, succeeded in interest by the State Fiscal 29 Accountability Authority, not to exceed $145,000. The university shall only expend these funds on one-time 30 projects necessary to meet accreditation standards and/or on critical repair and related maintenance projects 31 that are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the university’s physical plant in its support of its 32 educational purpose. 33 117.128. (GP: Retail Facilities Revitalization Act Repeal Suspension) The repeal of Chapter 34 of Title 6 34 of the 1976 Code as specified in Act 285 of 2006 as to sites for which written notification of election of 35 mode of credit has been provided to the Department of Revenue prior to July 1, 2016 and for which a 36 building permit has been issued prior to July 1, 2016, is suspended for Fiscal Year 2016-17. 37 117.129. (GP: Pittman-Robertson Funds State Match) From the funds authorized for the South Carolina 38 Conservation Bank and upon receipt of an application pursuant to Section 48-59-70 of the 1976 Code, the 39 Conservation Bank Board must award a grant of $2,000,000 to the Department of Natural Resources to be 40 used as the state match for Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Funds. 41 117.130. (GP: North American Wetlands Conservation Act State Match) From the funds authorized for 42 the South Carolina Conservation Bank and upon receipt of an application pursuant to Section 48-59-70 of the 43 1976 Code, the Conservation Bank Board must award a grant of $1,000,000 to the Department of Natural 44 Resources to be used as the state match for the North American Conservation Act or other eligible purposes 45 as described in the application. 46 117.131. (GP: DOT Structural Efficiencies Study) From the funds appropriated to and/or authorized for 47 the Department of Transportation, the Inspector General, in collaboration with the Secretary of 48 Transportation, is directed to conduct a national search to contract with a renowned firm that specializes in 49 governmental structural efficiencies. The firm shall be tasked with studying the internal structure of the 50 Department of Transportation, and making recommendations on improvements that would cause the 51 department to operate more effectively and more cost-efficiently. The Department of Transportation and any 52 entity contracting with the department or the Office of Inspector General must fully cooperate with the firm 53 in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities and must timely produce all requested information, 54 including, but not limited to books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records necessary in 55 connection with an independent study. Final cost of the contractual arrangement with the chosen firm must PAGE 179 1 be reported to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and 2 Means Committee. The study and recommendations must be transmitted to the General Assembly. 3 117.132. (GP: Funds Exempt from Budget Reduction Calculations) The General Reserve Fund, funds 4 designated in F310, Section 107, Capital and General Reserve Fund Funds, funds designated in V040, 5 Section 112, Debt service, funds designated in X220, Section 113, Aid to Subdivisions - State Treasurer for 6 the Local Government Fund, and funds designated in X500, Section 115, Tax Relief Trust Fund shall be 7 excluded from the calculation of any across-the-board base reduction mandated by the Department of 8 Administration, Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly and shall not be subject to any such 9 reduction. 10 117.133. (GP: BabyNet) From funds available in the current fiscal year for budgetary analysis and 11 oversight, the Executive Budget Office shall conduct an inventory of all BabyNet-related spending, which 12 shall be submitted to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of 13 the House Ways and Means Committee no later than July 15, 2017. All affected agencies shall support the 14 Executive Budget Office in this effort by providing information upon request, so that the first 15 recommendation of the Legislative Audit Council’s 2011 report on BabyNet may be implemented. 16 117.134. (GP: Equestrian Center Therapy Program) The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation shall 17 transfer $500,000 to Lander University for the Lander Equestrian Center. These funds shall be used for the 18 operation of the Equestrian Center and to create a Herd 2 Human pilot program to provide equine assisted 19 psychotherapy geared towards military members as a method of treating post-traumatic stress disorder 20 (PTSD) and other similar disorders. These funds shall be used solely for the Equestrian Center and shall 21 not be transferred and used for any other purpose. 22 117.135. (GP: South Carolina Telemedicine Network) From the funds appropriated to the Medical 23 University of South Carolina for the MUSC Hospital Authority for Telemedicine and the funds appropriated 24 and authorized for the Department of Health and Human Services, the agencies must continue the 25 development of the South Carolina Statewide Telemedicine Network. The South Carolina Telehealth 26 Alliance shall submit a proposal to the MUSC Hospital Authority and the Department of Health and Human 27 Services to determine which hospitals, clinics, schools or other entities are best suited for Telemedicine 28 partnerships. 29 (A) The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop or continue a program to leverage the 30 use of teaching hospitals to provide rural physician coverage by expanding the use of Telemedicine, to 31 include new applications such as School Based Telehealth, and Tele-ICU. 32 (B) During the current fiscal year the Department of Health and Human Services shall contract with the 33 MUSC Hospital Authority in the amount of $9,000,000 to lead the development and operation of statewide 34 open access to the South Carolina Telemedicine Network. Institutions and other entities participating in the 35 network must be afforded the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the development of any annual 36 refining to the initiative’s strategic plan. Working with the department, the MUSC Hospital Authority shall 37 collaborate with Palmetto Care Connections to pursue this goal. No less than $1,000,000 of these funds 38 shall be allocated toward support of Palmetto Care Connections and other hospitals in South Carolina. The 39 MUSC Hospital Authority must provide the department with quarterly reports regarding the funds allocation 40 and progress of telemedicine transformation efforts and networks. These reports must include an 41 itemization of the ultimate recipients of these funds, whether vendors, grantees, specific participating 42 institutions, or the Medical University of South Carolina, and must distinguish between funds allocation to 43 the university as a participating institution as opposed to those retained and used by the university in its 44 capacity as the administering entity for the network. 45 (C) The MUSC Hospital Authority shall publish a summary report to the Governor and the General 46 Assembly indicating the overall progress of the state's telemedicine transformation by March 1, 2018. 47 117.136. (GP: Adult Protective Services Coordination Teams) In order to best coordinate services for 48 the South Carolina vulnerable adult population, the Adult Protective Services Program at the Department of 49 Social Services shall develop county level multi-agency inter-disciplinary Adult Protective Services 50 Coordination Teams. These teams must develop and implement strategies to ensure appropriate services 51 are available and provided to vulnerable adults during the investigation and adjudication of the report of 52 alleged abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults. 53 The following agencies are required to participate and/or designate a local entity to serve on the Adult 54 Protective Services Coordination Teams to address abuse and neglect and to prevent or delay 55 institutionalization: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Disabilities and Special 56 Needs, Department of Mental Health, and with advice and resources from the Lt. Governor’s Office on PAGE 180 1 Aging. Participating agencies may expend necessary funds as authorized and/or appropriated in the current 2 fiscal year, to develop the APS Coordination Teams. The teams must give priority for services for 3 assessment of mental and physical conditions, eligibility for services, home and community based services 4 waivers, home health, hospice, targeted case management, Optional State Supplementation & OSCAP, 5 service coordination, Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), 6 behavioral health programs such as community mental health programs, inpatients psychiatric services, 7 nursing facility care, and other home and community based services such as home-delivered meals and 8 transportation. 9 The Department of Social Services shall submit a report on the progress of the implementation and any 10 necessary funding requests to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the 11 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by January 1, 2018. 12 117.137. (GP: Distribution Facility) The State Ports Authority shall be considered a distribution facility 13 for the purpose of sales tax exemptions associated with the purchase of equipment and construction 14 materials. 15 117.138. (GP: Catastrophic Weather Event) (A) Any improvements made to real property or personal 16 property used as a residence, such as a mobile home or manufactured housing unit, damaged during the 17 catastrophic weather event in October 2015, after the event and before July 1, 2018, is not considered an 18 improvement and does not require an appraisal. This provision only applies if as a result of the catastrophic 19 weather event, the improvements made to the property were funded by the United States Department of 20 Housing and Urban Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery program. This provision also applies if, 21 at the discretion of the county and using qualifications determined by the county, the improvements were 22 made with the assistance of a volunteer organization active in disaster, or a similar volunteer organization. 23 (B) Property tax assessors shall conform the values of eligible parcels of property which were improved 24 before July 1, 2017, to the property tax value of these parcels as that value may have been adjusted to reflect 25 the above provisions of section (A). No refund is allowed on account of values adjusted as provided in this 26 provision. 27 117.139. (GP: Statehouse Security Body Cameras) All law enforcement officers assigned to the 28 Statehouse grounds and complex must be equipped with a body worn camera at all times while performing 29 their duties. 30 117.140. (GP: Land Management) The Department of Natural Resources, Forestry Commission, and 31 Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism may not accept additional properties for management, 32 donated or otherwise, until adequate resources have been provided to manage the lands currently owned. 33 This provision shall not apply to properties whose transfer to a state agency was in process prior to July 1, 34 2017. 35 117.141. (GP: Study Committee on Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations) From the funds 36 appropriated to and/or authorized for the Judicial Department, Court Administration Program, the 37 department shall establish a study committee to study statewide implementation of electronic recording of 38 custodial interrogations in their entirety. The committee shall review current written policies, practices and 39 equipment in place at state and local law enforcement agencies for electronically recording custodial 40 interrogations; guidelines for a state model policy on electronically recording custodial interrogations in 41 their entirety, including definition of the term custodial interrogations, the crime categories for which 42 custodial interrogations shall be recorded, exigent circumstances that would exempt an officer from 43 recording an interrogation in its entirety; recommendations for how law enforcement agencies can obtain or 44 access audiovisual or audio-only equipment to record custodial interrogations, anticipating the differences 45 in resources available to large and small agencies; and remedies that the court may consider if a custodial 46 interrogation is not recorded. 47 The study committee shall be comprised of the following: 48 (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 49 (2) Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; 50 (3) A representative appointed by the Attorney General; 51 (4) Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division; 52 (5) A representative of the South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association; 53 (6) A representative from the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination; 54 (7) A representative of the South Carolina Association for Justice; 55 (8) A representative of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and 56 (9) A representative of the Commission on Indigent Defense. PAGE 181 1 Staff support shall be provided by Court Administration. The committee shall submit a written report of 2 its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Governor’s Office no 3 later than March 1, 2018. 4 117.142. (GP: Indigent Defense Screening Review) The Commission on Indigent Defense and the 5 Judicial Department Court Administration Program shall consult with the Summary Court Judges’ 6 Association and Clerks of Court Association on issues regarding the screening of applicants for indigent 7 defense representation. The Commission on Indigent Defense and Court Administration shall make 8 recommendations to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Chairman of the House 9 Judiciary Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the Senate 10 Judiciary Committee no later than December 1, 2017 regarding: requirements for applicants to verify their 11 financial status, supporting documentation that should be required of all applicants; who should conduct the 12 screening, what resources are necessary to properly screen applicants and any other recommendations that 13 will assist in ensuring only those applicants that are truly indigent qualify for the services of a public 14 defender or other appointed counsel. 15 117.143. (GP: IBC Requirements) For Fiscal Year 2017-18, high schools shall be exempt from Section 16 2902.1 A-5 of the 2015 International Building Code pertaining to the minimum plumbing requirements for 17 stadiums, bleachers and grandstands. 18 117.144. (GP: Pilot Workforce Development Centers of Excellence) The State Board for Technical and 19 Comprehensive Education shall establish Workforce Development Centers of Excellence as pilot programs 20 to assist in training, employment, and apprenticeship opportunities for students in underserved 21 communities . The centers shall create a model to assist students in engaging in experiences and activities. 22 The Workforce Development Centers of Excellence shall enhance student engagement in the area of 23 Mechatronics, which will provide students with training in electronics and mechanical engineering with a 24 focus on sustainable energy resources and shall offer hands on training, mentors from industry 25 representatives, and career placement assistance. The Workforce Development Centers of Excellence shall 26 also enhance the effectiveness of a seamless transition for students and establish curriculum development in 27 order to provide students in bridge/transfer programs with the course requirements needed to transfer to a 28 four year institution. Curriculum must diversify Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math modules 29 by expanding to include other modules to provide value-added academic preparation. The center, in 30 cooperation with the Department of Employment and Workforce, shall also provide assistance through 31 client placement, case management, and identification of industries for potential employment referrals. The 32 Centers of Excellence shall provide students who successfully complete the curriculum with an industry- 33 recognized certification. Positions associated with the centers shall be employees of the State Board for 34 Technical and Comprehensive Education. 35 117.145. (GP: Fuel Pump Inspection) For the current fiscal year, Section 12-28-2355(C) of the 1976 36 Code shall be suspended. All affected revenues must be credited to the State Highway Fund at the 37 Department of Transportation to be used exclusively for repair, maintenance and improvement of the 38 existing transportation system. 39 117. 146 . (GP: SCRS & PORS Rates) For Fiscal Year 2017-18, the contribution rate for the South 40 Carolina Retirement System shall be 12.56 percent for employers and 9 percent for employees and the 41 contribution rate for the Police Officer Retirement System shall be 15.24 percent for employers and 9.75 42 percent for employees. 43 The funds appropriated to the Public Employee Benefit Authority for the South Carolina Retirement 44 System Trust Fund and the Police Officer Retirement System Trust Fund in Part IA, Section 108 of this act is 45 in lieu of an additional contribution increase for employers. This supplemental appropriation is equivalent 46 to a one percent increase for all state, local, and school district employers participating in the two systems. 47 117.147. (GP: Prohibited Funding for Aborted Fetus Research) Notwithstanding any other provision of 48 this act, general funds appropriated in this act may not be used to purchase fetal tissue obtained from an 49 abortion to perform scientific or laboratory research or other kinds of investigation conducted on fetal 50 tissue. 51 117.148. (GP: Statewide Contract Usage and Administration Fees) In order to promote accountability 52 and transparency, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority must provide and release to the public via the 53 agency's website, a report of all aggregate amounts of contract usage and administrative fees that were due 54 and collected by the authority in the prior fiscal year. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 55 contract name; (2) solicitation number; (3) vendor name and address; (4) vendor number; (5) total sales 56 reported per vendor; (6) total administrative fee due per vendor; (7) total administrative fee collected per PAGE 182 1 vendor; (8) total administrative fee outstanding per vendor; and (9) purchasing agency name and address. 2 This report shall include any state contract for which usage/administrative fees are required from vendors 3 or agencies. The report must be posted online and be submitted to the Chairman of the Senate Finance 4 Committee and to members of the House Ways and Means Committee by September 1st. Funds 5 appropriated to and/or authorized for use by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall be used to 6 accomplish this directive.

7 8 SECTION 118 - X910 - STATEWIDE REVENUE 9 10 118.1. (SR: Year End Cutoff) Unless specifically authorized herein, the appropriations provided in Part 11 IA of this act as ordinary expenses of the State Government shall lapse on July 31, 2017 2018. State 12 agencies are required to submit all current fiscal year input documents and all electronic workflow for 13 accounts payable transactions to the Office of Comptroller General by July 14, 2017 13, 2018. 14 Appropriations for Permanent Improvements, now outstanding or hereafter provided, shall lapse at the end of 15 the second fiscal year in which such appropriations were provided, unless definite commitments shall have 16 been made, with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and Joint Bond Review 17 Committee, toward the accomplishment of the purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 18 Appropriations for other specific purposes aside from ordinary operating expenses, now outstanding or 19 hereafter provided, shall lapse at the end of the second fiscal year in which such appropriations were 20 provided, unless definite commitments shall have been made, with the approval of the State Fiscal 21 Accountability Authority, toward the accomplishment of the purposes for which the appropriations were 22 provided. 23 118.2. (SR: Titling of Real Property) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a 24 comprehensive central property and office facility management process to plan for the needs of state 25 government agencies and to achieve maximum efficiency and economy in the use of state owned or state 26 leased real properties. The Department of Administration is directed to identify all state owned properties 27 whether titled in the name of the state or an agency or department, and all agencies and departments of state 28 government are upon request to provide the department all documents related to the title and acquisition of 29 the real properties that are occupied or used by the agency or titled in the name of the agency. Except for 30 any properties where the department determines title should not be in the name of the State because the 31 properties are subject to reverter clauses or other restraints on the property, or where the department 32 determines the state would be best served by not receiving title, and with the exception of properties, 33 highways and roadways owned by the Department of Transportation, title of any property held by or 34 acquired by a state agency or department shall be titled in the name of the state under the control of the 35 Department of Administration. Titling in the name of the state shall not affect the operation or use of real 36 property by an agency. 37 This provision applies to all state agencies and departments except: institutions of higher learning; the 38 Public Service Authority; the Ports Authority; the South Carolina Division of Public Railways; the MUSC 39 Hospital Authority; the Myrtle Beach Air Force Redevelopment Authority; the Department of 40 Transportation; the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Trident Technical College 41 Enterprise Campus Authority; the Area Commission of Tri-County Technical College; and the Charleston 42 Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority. 43 This provision is comprehensive and supersedes any conflicting provisions concerning title and 44 acquisition and disposition of state owned real property whether in permanent law, temporary law or by 45 provision elsewhere in this act. 46 The Department of Administration is directed to provide to the Department of Education, funds equal to 47 the amount realized from the sale of the Greenville Halton Road Bus Shop property for school bus 48 maintenance shop relocations, construction, and shop equipment. 49 118.3. (SR: Contingency Reserve Fund) (A) There is created in the State Treasury a fund separate and 50 distinct from the general fund of the State, the Capital Reserve Fund, and all other funds entitled the 51 Contingency Reserve Fund. All general fund revenues accumulated in a fiscal year in excess of general 52 appropriations and supplemental appropriations must be credited to this fund. Revenues credited to this fund 53 in a fiscal year may be appropriated by the General Assembly. Upon determination by the Comptroller 54 General as to the amount to be deposited in the Contingency Reserve Fund, the Comptroller General shall PAGE 183 1 notify the Board of Economic Advisors and the board shall recognize that amount as surplus funds. 2 Revenues in this fund may be appropriated only for the purposes provided in subsection (B). 3 (B) (1) If the balance in the general reserve fund established pursuant to Section 36, Article III of the 4 Constitution of this State and Section 11-11-310 of the 1976 Code is less than the required balance, there 5 must be appropriated to it all amounts in the Contingency Reserve Fund up to the total necessary to replenish 6 the general reserve fund. This amount does not replace or supplant the minimum replenishment amount 7 otherwise required to be made to the general reserve fund. 8 (2) After the appropriation of amounts required pursuant to item (1) of this subsection, any 9 remaining balance may be appropriated by the General Assembly as it deems appropriate. 10 118.4. (SR: Increased Enforced Collections Carry Forward) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to 11 Proviso 90.16 in Part IB of Act 291 of 2010 may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current 12 fiscal year and shall be expended for the same purposes. 13 118.5. (SR: Health Care Maintenance of Effort Funding) The revenue collected from the fifty cent 14 cigarette surcharge and deposited into the South Carolina Medicaid Reserve Fund and shall be utilized by the 15 Department of Health and Human Services for the Medicaid program. By this provision these funds are 16 deemed to have been received and are available for appropriation. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant 17 to this provision may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes. 18 118.6. (SR: Prohibits Public Funded Lobbyists) All state agencies and institutions are prohibited from 19 using general fund appropriations to compensate employees who engage in lobbying on behalf of the state 20 agency or institution. The State Ethics Commission shall require state agencies and institutions that report 21 lobbying activities to the commission to certify that the lobbying activities were not funded by general fund 22 appropriations. 23 All state agencies and institutions are prohibited from entering into contracts using general fund 24 appropriations to provide lobbying services to the agency or institution. 25 118.7. (SR: Admissions Tax) For the current fiscal year, up to one hundred fourteen thousand dollars in 26 admissions tax revenue collected annually from all events held at a NASCAR sanctioned motor speedway or 27 racetrack that hosts at least one race each year featuring the preeminent NASCAR cup series must be rebated 28 to the motorsports entertainment complex facility in the current fiscal year to keep a NASCAR race at the 29 motorsports entertainment complex facility. In addition, any sports facility that hosts at least one preeminent 30 Women’s Tennis Association-sanctioned tournament or any sports facility that operates as the home venue 31 for a professional soccer team that participates in the United Soccer Leagues, second division or higher, must 32 be rebated to the facility half of its admissions tax revenue for the fiscal year and used by that facility for 33 marketing the events held at the facility. 34 118.8. (SR: Agency Deficit Notice) The Comptroller General or the Executive Budget Office shall (1) 35 provide written notice to each member of the General Assembly when it makes a report concerning an 36 agency, department, or institution that is expending authorized appropriations at a rate which predicts or 37 projects a general fund deficit for the agency, department, or institution, and (2) make monthly progress 38 reports concerning an agency’s, department’s, or institution’s plan to reduce or eliminate the deficit. 39 118.9. (SR: Tax Relief Reserve Fund) There is created the Tax Relief Reserve Fund, which shall be 40 separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest accrued by the fund must remain in the fund. 41 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on December 31, 2016 2017, the State Treasurer shall transfer 42 funds identified in this act from the General Fund to the Tax Relief Reserve Fund. These funds may only be 43 used to provide tax relief to businesses and individuals as provided by law. Funds within the Tax Relief 44 Reserve Fund shall be retained and carried forward to be used for the same purpose. 45 118.10. (SR: Tax Deduction for Consumer Protection Services) (A) In addition to the deductions 46 allowed in Section 12-6-1140 of the 1976 Code, there is allowed a deduction in computing South Carolina 47 taxable income of an individual the actual costs, but not exceeding three hundred dollars for an individual 48 taxpayer, and not exceeding one thousand dollars for a joint return or a return claiming dependents, incurred 49 by a taxpayer in the taxable year to purchase a monthly or annual contract or subscription for identity theft 50 protection and identity theft resolution services. The deduction allowed by this item may not be claimed by 51 an individual if the individual deducted the same actual costs as a business expense or if the taxpayer is 52 enrolled in the identity theft protection and identity theft resolution services offered free of charge by the 53 State of South Carolina. For purposes of this item, ‘identity theft protection’ means products and services 54 designed to prevent an incident of identify fraud or identity theft or other protect the private of a person’ 55 personal identifying information, as defined in Section 16-13-510(D), by precluding a third party from 56 gaining unauthorized acquisition of another’s personal identifying information to obtain financial resources PAGE 184 1 or other products, benefits or services; and identity theft resolution services means products and services 2 designed to assist persons whose personal identifying information, as defined by Section 16-13-510(D), was 3 obtained by a third party, whereby minimizing the effects of the identity fraud or identity theft incident and 4 restoring the person’s identity to pre-theft status. 5 (B) The deduction provided in (A) is only allowed for taxpayers that filed a return with the Department of 6 Revenue for any taxable year after 1997 and before 2013, whether by paper or electronic transmission, or 7 any person whose personally identifiable information was contained on the return of another eligible person, 8 including minor dependents. 9 (C) By March fifteenth of each year, the department shall issue a report to the Governor and the General 10 Assembly detailing the number of taxpayers claiming the deduction allowed by this item in the most recent 11 tax year for which there is an accurate figure, and the total monetary value of the deductions claimed 12 pursuant to this item in that same year. 13 (D) The department shall prescribe the necessary forms to claim the deduction allowed by this section. 14 The department may require the taxpayer to provide proof of the actual costs and the taxpayer’s eligibility. 15 118.11. (SR: Tobacco Settlement) (A) To the extent funds are available from payments received on 16 behalf of the State by the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority from the Tobacco Master 17 Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) during Fiscal Year 2016-17 2017-18, the State Treasurer is authorized and 18 directed, after transferring funds sufficient to cover the operating expenses of the Authority, to transfer the 19 remaining funds as follows: 20 (1) $1,253,000 to the Attorney General’s Office for Diligent Enforcement and Arbitration 21 Litigation; $450,000 to the State Law Enforcement Division for Diligent Enforcement; and $325,000 to the 22 Department of Revenue for Diligent Enforcement, all to enforce Chapter 47 of Title 11, the Tobacco Escrow 23 Fund Act; and 24 (2) The remaining balance shall be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services for 25 the Medicaid program. 26 (B) The requirements of Section 11-11-170 of the 1976 Code shall be suspended for Fiscal Year 2016-17 27 2017-18. 28 118.12.(SR: Nonrecurring Revenue) (A) The source of revenue appropriated in subsection (B) is 29 nonrecurring revenue generated from the following sources: 30 (1) $46,750,797 from Fiscal Year 2014-15 Contingency Reserve Fund; 31 (2) $239,798,000 from Fiscal Year 2015-16 unobligated general fund revenue as certified by the 32 Board of Economic Advisors; 33 (3) $139,260,007 from the Litigation Recovery Account; 34 (4) $14,426,041 from Fiscal Year 2015-16 (V040) Excess Debt Service; 35 (5) $11,885,511 from Fiscal Year 2015-16 (X440) Excess Homestead Exemption; 36 (6) $5,494,506 from Fiscal Year 2015-16 F30 Carry Forward and Bonus Lapse; and 37 (7) $400,000 from the Department of Revenue Identity Theft Reimbursement Fund Lapse. 38 Any restrictions concerning specific utilization of these funds are lifted for the specified fiscal year. The 39 above agency transfers shall occur no later than thirty days after the close of the books on Fiscal Year 2015- 40 16 and shall be available for use in Fiscal Year 2016-17. 41 This revenue is deemed to have occurred and is available for use in Fiscal Year 2016-17 after September 42 1, 2016, following the Comptroller General’s close of the state’s books on Fiscal Year 2015-16. 43 (B) The appropriations in this provision are listed in priority order. Item (1) must be funded first and 44 each remaining item must be fully funded before any funds are allocated to the next item. Provided, 45 however, that any individual item may be partially funded in the order in which it appears to the extent that 46 revenues are available. 47 The State Treasurer shall disburse the following appropriations by September 30, 2016, for the purposes 48 stated: 49 (1) General Reserve Fund Contribution $ 20,399,981 50 (2) U120 - Department of Transportation 51 (a) Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund $ 52 50,000,000 53 (b) 2015 Flood Road Repair Cost $ 37,300,000 54 (3) E240 - Office of Adjutant General 55 EMD - FEMA State and Local Match for 2015 Flooding $ 56 72,000,000 PAGE 185 1 (4) H630 - Department of Education 2 (a) School Bus Lease or Purchase $ 3,225,424 3 (b) Hazardous Transportation $ 3,000,000 4 (c) Technology Technical Assistance $ 5 13,977,209 6 (d) Education Outreach/State Museum $ 7 15,000 8 (e) Onsite Educational Programming/State Museum $ 9 10,000 10 (f) Teacher Recruitment and Retention for Plaintiff Districts and Districts with a 11 Poverty Index of Eighty Percent or Higher $ 12 9,058,672 13 (g) Babynet Autism Therapy $ 1,200,000 14 (4.1) The Department of Education shall allocate the $9,058,672 appropriated above in item (4)(f) for 15 any school district that is a plaintiff in the Abbeville law suit or districts with a poverty index of eighty 16 percent or higher based on the poverty index utilized the prior fiscal year that was student eligibility for the 17 free or reduced lunch program and Medicaid to provide for Teacher Recruitment and Retention. The funds 18 shall be allocated on a per pupil basis to each district based on the districts 45 day student enrollment count. 19 (5) H670 - Educational Television Commission 20 Capital Needs $ 1,750,000 21 (6) H790 - Department of Archives and History 22 (a) Digital Access and Storage Initiative $ 23 439,000 24 (b) Architectural Heritage Preservation $ 25 2,300,000 26 (c) Driving Tours Historic African American Sites $ 27 100,000 28 (7) H870 - State Library 29 Colleton County Bookmobile $ 200,000 30 (8) H910 - Arts Commission 31 SC Artisans Center $ 500,000 32 (9) H950 - State Museum Commission 33 (a) Collections Database and Management System $ 34 125,000 35 (b) Collections and Content $ 5,000 36 (10) H030 - Commission on Higher Education 37 (a) SREB Program and Assessments $ 38 1 39 (b) Legal Staffing $ 1 40 (c) Out of State Veteran Tuition Reimbursement - Colleges $ 41 1 42 (d) Greenwood Promise Scholarship Program $ 43 50,000 44 (11) H090 - The Citadel Educational and General 45 Operating $ 1 46 (12) H120 - Clemson University - E&G 47 Outdoor Lab Facilities $ 2,400,000 48 (13) H150 - University of Charleston 49 (a) Computer Science Program $ 650,000 50 (b) Gibbs Museum of Art $ 350,000 51 (c) Maintenance: Critical Care and Repair (1:1 Match) $ 52 1 53 (d) Avery Center $ 250,000 54 (14) H170- Coastal Carolina University 55 (a) Maintenance: Critical Care and Repair (1:1 Match) $ 56 1 PAGE 186 1 (b) Atmospheric and Soil Moisture Weather Stations (10) $ 2 150,000 3 (c) Brooks Stadium Engineering $ 100,000 4 (14.1) Coastal Carolina University shall use the funds appropriated for Brooks Stadium Engineering to 5 offset costs associated with expansion of the football stadium. Once the university has developed a plan for 6 stadium expansion pursuant to any National Collegiate Athletic Association, conference, or contractual 7 requirements, the university shall submit the plan for approval to the Joint Bond Review Committee and the 8 State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Any other statutory requirements for state approval of this project are 9 hereby suspended for the fiscal year. 10 (15) H180 - Francis Marion University 11 (a) Maintenance: Critical Care and Repair (1:1 Match) $ 12 1 13 (b) Honors College $ 200,000 14 (16) H210 - Lander University 15 Nursing and STEM Equipment $ 550,000 16 (17) H240 - South Carolina State University 17 (a) Maintenance: Critical Care and Repair (1:1 Match) $ 18 150,000 19 (b) Rural Conference Center $ 1 20 (18) H270 - University of South Carolina - Columbia 21 Law School - Taylor Renovations (1:1 Match) $ 22 1 23 (19) H340 - University of South Carolina - Upstate 24 (a) Maintenance: Critical Care and Repair (1:1 Match) $ 25 1 26 (b) Manufacturing Management Technology Training $ 27 1 28 (20) H380 - University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie 29 (a) HVAC and Physical Plant Repairs $ 30 100,000 31 (b) Science Building Maintenance $ 250,000 32 (21) H390 - University of South Carolina - Sumter 33 Physical Plant Repairs $ 100,000 34 (22) H510 - Medical University of South Carolina 35 (a) Palmetto Palace $ 1 36 (b) MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital $ 37 10,000,000 38 (23) H590 - State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education 39 (a) ReadySC Direct Training $ 13,554,507 40 (b) Central Carolina Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 41 1,320,670 42 (c) Critical Training Equipment $ 1 43 (d) Greenville Technical College - CMI Equipment $ 44 7,000,000 45 (e) Greenville Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 46 778,496 47 (f) Aiken Technical College - Life Science Building $ 48 650,000 49 (g) Aiken Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 50 784,216 51 (h) Denmark Technical College - Barnwell Workforce Center $ 52 950,000 53 (i) Denmark Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 54 415,484 55 (j) Florence-Darlington Technical College - Academic Building $ 56 3,500,000 PAGE 187 1 (k) Florence-Darlington Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 2 858,078 3 (l) Horry-Georgetown Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 4 1,063,730 5 (m) Midlands Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 6 1,107,743 7 (n) Northeastern Technical College - Instructional Building $ 8 3,500,000 9 (o) Northeastern Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 10 642,679 11 (p) Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 12 801,512 13 (q) Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College - Nursing Cooperative Program with 14 Claflin University $ 400,000 15 (r) Piedmont Technical College - Upstate Center for Manufacturing $ 16 3,750,000 17 (s) Piedmont Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 18 989,767 19 (t) Spartanburg Community College - Critical Training Equipment $ 20 2,012,265 21 (u) Technical College of the Lowcountry - New River Workforce Development Center 22 $ 150,000 23 (v) Technical College of the Lowcountry - Mobile Welding Lab $ 24 1,200,000 25 (w) Technical College of the Lowcountry - Critical Training Equipment $ 26 717,171 27 (x) Tri-County Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 28 992,641 29 (y) Trident Technical College - Aeronautical Training Center $ 30 700,000 31 (z) Trident Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 32 1,624,725 33 (aa) Williamsburg Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 34 606,872 35 (bb) York Technical College - Health and Human Services Building $ 36 900,000 37 (cc) York Technical College - Critical Training Equipment $ 38 1,309,614 39 (dd) York Technical College - Western York Campus $ 40 100,000 41 (24) J020 - Department of Health and Human Services 42 (a) Medicaid Management and Information System $ 43 8,474,579 44 (b) Rural Health Initiative $ 3,000,000 45 (c) Medical Contracts $ 4,484,000 46 (d) Osprey Village $ 200,000 47 (25) J040 - Department of Health and Environmental Control 48 (a) Data Center/Infrastructure $ 3,700,000 49 (b) Electronic Medical Records $ 2,000,000 50 (c) Cancer Screenings $ 1,500,000 51 (d) Donate Life - Organ Donor Registry $ 52 100,000 53 (e) Water Quality Infrastructure $ 2,750,000 54 (f) Real MAD $ 200,000 55 (g) North Myrtle Ocean Outfall $ 700,000 56 (h) Air Quality Improvements $ 300,000 PAGE 188 1 (25.1) Of the funds appropriated above to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for 2 Cancer Screenings, the department shall utilize $1,000,000 of the funds for the Best Chance Network and 3 $500,000 as matching funds for the Colon Cancer Prevention Network. 4 (26) J160 - Department of Disabilities and Special Needs 5 Lander Equestrian Center $ 300,000 6 (27) L040 - Department of Social Services 7 (a) Child Support System Development $ 8 1,000,000 9 (b) Antioch Senior Center $ 100,000 10 (c) After School and Summer Reading Programs $ 11 500,000 12 (d) CR Neal Dream Center $ 100,000 13 (e) Criminal Domestic Violence - SCCADVASA $ 14 800,000 15 (27.1) The funds appropriated above for After School and Summer Reading Programs must be used by 16 the Department of Social Services to leverage any available matching funds for after school and summer 17 childcare programs for Low-Income children. 18 (28) E040 - Office of the Lieutenant Governor 19 Family Caregivers $ 1 20 (29) P320 - Department of Commerce 21 (a) Closing Fund $ 10,000,000 22 (b) Existing Industries - U.S. DOD Bus. Diversification Grant Match $ 23 300,000 24 (c) IT-ology Coursepower $ 400,000 25 (d) LocateSC $ 6,000,000 26 (e) Office of Innovation $ 2,000,000 27 (f) Research Initiatives $ 3,000,000 28 (g) Applied Research Centers $ 1,000,000 29 (h) Community Development Corporations $ 30 100,000 31 (i) Economic Development $ 100,000 32 (j) Workforce Coordinating Council Operations $ 33 100,000 34 (30) C050 - Administrative Law Court 35 Rent Increase/Upfit $ 5,000 36 (31) D100 - State Law Enforcement Division 37 (a) Forensic Building $ 17,800,000 38 (b) Vehicle Rotation $ 2,000,000 39 (c) First Responder PTSD Treatment $ 40 500,000 41 (32) N040 - Department of Corrections 42 Agency Wide Paving $ 2,360,580 43 (33) N080 - Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services 44 (a) Offender Education and Reentry Initiative $ 45 150,000 46 (b) Job Training and Preparation Education $ 47 105,000 48 (34) N120 - Department of Juvenile Justice 49 AMI Kids $ 200,000 50 (35) R440 - Department of Revenue 51 (a) CSID - Identity and Credit Protection Services $ 52 1,000,000 53 (b) Tax Processing System (COTS) $ 54 1,145,202 PAGE 189 1 (36) P160 - Department of Agriculture 2 (a) Agricultural Marketing (Certified SC) $ 3 500,000 4 (b) Agribusiness Development $ 2,500,000 5 (37) P200 - Clemson University-PSA 6 (a) Agriculture and Natural Resources Program $ 7 500,000 8 (b) Agriculture and Natural Resources Facilities $ 9 1,700,000 10 (38) P240 - Department of Natural Resources 11 (a) Fort Johnson Roof Replacement $ 12 1,515,132 13 (b) Law Enforcement Communication Center Upgrade $ 14 800,000 15 (c) Springs Stevens Hatchery - Harvest Kettle Renovation $ 16 800,000 17 (d) Waddell Center Infrastructure $ 100,000 18 (e) Wildlife Management Areas $ 3,000,000 19 (f) Heavy Equipment - Road and Dike Maintenance $ 20 210,000 21 (g) Upper Coastal Waterfowl Project Maintenance and Repair $ 22 1,600,000 23 (h) Boat Slip Renovation - Fort Johnson $ 24 1,000,000 25 (i) Outreach Education $ 1,600,000 26 (j) Equipment $ 1,000,000 27 (39) P280 - Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism 28 (a) Agency Operations $ 1 29 (b) Statewide Coastal Beach Renourishment $ 30 30,000,000 31 (c) Information Technology Security Audit and PCI Compliance Audit $ 32 300,000 33 (d) State Park Piers Repair $ 2,200,000 34 (e) Oconee Spillway Repair $ 100,000 35 (f) Sports Development Marketing Program $ 36 3,000,000 37 (g) Medal of Honor Museum $ 3,000,000 38 (h) Sumter Environmental Center $ 300,000 39 (i) African American Museum $ 4,000,000 40 (j) Children’s Museum of the Upstate $ 41 1,000,000 42 (k) Parks and Recreation Development Fund $ 43 5,000,000 44 (39.1) The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall allocate the funds appropriated above in 45 item (39)(b) for Statewide Coastal Beach Renourishment to local governments and state agencies for beach 46 renourishment activities to repair damage caused by storm activity in 2015 and to accelerate routine 47 renourishment activities on beaches damaged by the storms. Local governments and state agencies shall 48 make application for renourishment funds on a form and in the manner prescribed by the department and 49 funds shall be allocated using a prioritization process developed by the department. The department shall 50 report to the Governor, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the 51 Senate Finance Committee on applications received and the process for prioritizing renourishment funding 52 no later than September 1, 2016. 53 (40) R200 - Department of Insurance 54 Wind Studies $ 20,000 55 (41) R360 - Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation 56 Fire Suppression $ 25,000 PAGE 190 1 (42) Y140 - State Ports Authority 2 (a) Jasper Ocean Terminal Permitting $ 3 2,500,000 4 (b) Port of Georgetown $ 500,000 5 (43) A150 - Codification of Laws and Legislative Council 6 Dues $ 187,738 7 (44) A170 - Legislative Services Disaster Recovery $ 8 500,000 9 (45) X220 - Aid to Subdivisions - State Treasurer 10 Local Government Fund $ 10,600,000 11 (46) D500 - Department of Administration 12 (a) New Statewide Voting System $ 1 13 (b) Office of Economic Opportunity - Wateree Community Action Agency $ 14 200,000 15 (c) State Human Resources - Leadership South Carolina $ 16 150,000 17 (d) Pendleton Street Safety Upgrades $ 18 2,400,000 19 (46.1) The Department of Administration shall utilize the $2,400,000 appropriated above for Pendleton 20 Street Safety Upgrades to improve pedestrian safety and visibility on Pendleton Street for those traveling on 21 the State House grounds and entering and exiting the McEachern Parking Facility. 22 (47) E240 - Office of Adjutant General 23 (a) Force Protection $ 1 24 (b) Post Challenge $ 1 25 (c) EMD - Continuity of Operations and Government Plan $ 26 250,000 27 (d) Emergency Commodities $ 100,000 28 (e) Transitional Workforce Educational Assistance Collaborative $ 29 200,000 30 (f) Shaw Encroachment Zone $ 200,000 31 (g) SC Military Museum $ 380,000 32 (48) R520 - State Ethics Commission 33 New Auditors Equipment $ 10,000 34 (49) U300 - Division of Aeronautics 35 (a) Airport Facilities Security System Replacement $ 36 100,000 37 (b) State Aviation Fund $ 7,000,000 38 (c) Capital Improvements $ 200,000 39 (d) Airline Recruitment and Retention $ 40 150,000 41 (50) E160 - Office of State Treasurer 42 ABLE Savings Program $ 100,000 43 (C) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this provision may be carried forward to succeeding 44 fiscal years and expended for the same purposes. 45 118.13. (SR: One Dollar Appropriations) Funds appropriated in the amount of one dollar by this act shall 46 not be disbursed. The Comptroller General shall adjust the affected agency‘s chart of accounts accordingly, 47 if necessary. 48 118.14. (SR: Nonrecurring Revenue) (A) The source of revenue appropriated in subsection (B) is 49 nonrecurring revenue generated from the following sources: 50 (1) $28,496,108 from Fiscal Year 2016-17 unobligated general fund revenue as certified by the 51 Board of Economic Advisors; 52 (2) $16,183,789 from the Litigation Recovery Account; 53 (3) $ 4,526,031 from the South Carolina Farm Aid Fund Lapse; 54 (4) $ 7,879,103 from Fiscal Year 2016-17 (X440) Excess Homestead Exemption; and 55 (5) $ 6,640,817 from Fiscal Year 2016-17 (P400) S.C. Conservation Bank, Subfund 45D7 Carry 56 Forward. PAGE 191 1 Any restrictions concerning specific utilization of these funds are lifted for the specified fiscal year. The 2 above agency transfers shall occur no later than thirty days after the close of the books on Fiscal Year 2016- 3 17 and shall be available for use in Fiscal Year 2017-18. 4 This revenue is deemed to have occurred and is available for use in Fiscal Year 2017-18 after September 5 1, 2017, following the Comptroller General’s close of the state’s books on Fiscal Year 2016-17. 6 (B) The appropriations in this provision are listed in priority order. Item (1) must be funded first and 7 each remaining item must be fully funded before any funds are allocated to the next item. Provided, 8 however, that any individual item may be partially funded in the order in which it appears to the extent that 9 revenues are available. 10 The State Treasurer shall disburse the following appropriations by September 30, 2017, for the purposes 11 stated: 12 (1) P280 - Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism 13 (a) Statewide Coastal Beach Renourishment $ 14 5,000,000 15 (b) Hurricane Matthew Revenue Loss $ 16 2,238,206 17 (c) Parks, Recreational and Tourism Revitalizations $ 18 1,000,000 19 (d) Parks Recreation Development Fund $ 20 6,000,000 21 (1.1) The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall allocate the funds appropriated in 22 item (1)(a) for Statewide Coastal Beach Renourishment to local governments and state agencies for beach 23 renourishment activities to repair damage caused by storm activity in 2015 and 2016 and to accelerate 24 routine renourishment activities on beaches damaged by the storms. Local governments and state agencies 25 shall make application for renourishment funds on a form and in the manner prescribed by the department 26 and funds shall be allocated using a prioritization process developed by the department. The department 27 shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of 28 the Senate Finance Committee on applications received and the process for prioritizing renourishment 29 funding no later than September 1, 2017. 30 (2) P320 - Department of Commerce 31 (a) Closing Fund $ 20,000,000 32 (b) 2015 Flood - Non-CDBG - Disaster Recovery $ 33 250,000 34 (c) LocateSC $ 5,455,179 35 (d) Applied Research Centers $ 2,000,000 36 (e) Military Base Task Force $ 300,000 37 (f) IT-ology/Coursepower $ 200,000 38 (3) P400 - S.C. Conservation Bank 39 Conservation Bank Trust $ 5,000,000 40 (4) J020 - Department of Health and Human Services 41 (a) Rural Hospital Transformation Plan $ 42 4,000,000 43 (b) Medical Contracts $ 3,000,000 44 (4.1) The funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services in item (4)(a) for 45 the Rural Hospital Transformation Plan may only be utilized for site improvements associated with a 46 hospital transformation plan approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. 47 (5) J040 - Department of Health and Environmental Control 48 (a) Water Quality $ 2,000,000 49 (b) Pinewood Site Leachate Recovery $ 50 1,848,000 51 (6) P120 - Forestry Commission 52 Firefighter Safety and Public Protection - Equipment $ 53 1,000,000 54 (7) D100 - State Law Enforcement Division 55 Counter Terrorism/Arson Operating Expenses $ 56 448,000 PAGE 192 1 (8) P160 - Department of Agriculture 2 Consumer Protection and Safety Equipment $ 3 500,000 4 (9) L040 - Department of Social Services 5 Group Home Transition $ 500,000 6 (10) R400 - Department of Motor Vehicles 7 (a) Annual Leave Payouts $ 140,000 8 (b) Disaster Recovery Integration $ 9 500,000 10 (11) E240 - Office of Adjutant General 11 Youth Challenge - POST Challenge $ 12 500,000 13 (12) E200 - Office of the Attorney General 14 ICAC Equipment, Training, and Operations $ 15 150,000 16 (13) U300 - Division of Aeronautics 17 (a) Security System $ 100,000 18 (b) Airline Recruitment and Retention $ 19 150,000 20 (14) H750 - School for the Deaf and the Blind 21 Campus Facility Plan $ 150,000 22 (15) H710 - Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School 23 (a) Underground Utilities $ 100,000 24 (b) HVAC $ 80,000 25 (16) A170 - Legislative Services 26 IT Disaster Recovery $ 500,000 27 (17) R080 - Workers’ Compensation Commission 28 IT Division - Legacy System Modernization $ 29 189,488 30 (18) H790 - Department of Archives and History 31 Conservation of South Carolina’s Constitutions $ 32 200,000 33 (19) N200 - Law Enforcement Training Council 34 Criminal Justice Academy 35 Dining Hall Furniture $ 51,975 36 (20) H870 - State Library 37 Building Maintenance $ 90,000 38 (21) H630 - Department of Education 39 GSAH - Core Switch Replacement $ 60,000 40 (22) R520 - State Ethics Commission 41 (a) Additional Office Space/Rent Increase $ 42 15,000 43 (b) New Administrative Assistants Operating Expenses $ 44 10,000 45 (C) Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this provision may be carried forward to succeeding 46 fiscal years and expended for the same purposes. 47 END OF PART IB 48 49 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part IA or Part IB of this act are 50 suspended for Fiscal Year 2017-18. 51 If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is 52 for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or 53 validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have 54 passed this act, and each and every part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, 55 phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other parts, sections, subsections, PAGE 193 1 paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be 2 unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. 3 Except as otherwise specifically provided, this act takes effect July 1, 2017. 4